Effort is evidence of broken feedback loops
“Better note-taking” misses the point; what matters is “better thinking”
Lots of people write about solutions to the problem that Note-writing practices are generally ineffective. The vast majority of that writing fixates on a myopic, “lifehacking”-type frame, focused on answering questions like: “how should I organize my notes?”, “what kind of... See more
Lots of people write about solutions to the problem that Note-writing practices are generally ineffective. The vast majority of that writing fixates on a myopic, “lifehacking”-type frame, focused on answering questions like: “how should I organize my notes?”, “what kind of... See more
Andy • §Note-writing systems
Productivity is so insidious, much akin to riptide. As soon as you dive in, it pulls you deeper in, and despite how hard you try, you're basically swimming in place, tiring yourself out and more likely to drown in it. The more productive I try to be, the more I feel like I'm falling behind.
Some of this can also be attributed to the tools we try to
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