As Austin Kleon said,

Creativity is about connections, and connections are not made by siloing everything off into its own space. New ideas are formed by interesting juxtapositions, and interesting juxtapositions happen when things are out of place.

Using Notion for this would be like trying to parallel park a cruise ship—technically possible (I think), but you might want to clear your schedule for the day.

Not all questions seek answers, some seek journeys.

The magic of creative work comes after you collect ideas and start to find the connections between them.

Tools like Notion or Evernote aren’t built to help you make the most of what you’ve collected. They feel unnatural because humans don’t think in folders and categories; we thrive on connections and associations.

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Human curation will become infinitely more valuable. That’s the insight. It’s huge, it’s exciting, and... it’s completely useless on its own.

On Sublime, every idea is a portal to related ideas.

For years, I collected insights and knowledge in private spaces no one could access. I found that to be a huge loss.

Every brain holds useful information but the majority of it doesn’t get shared. The bar for publishing is too high. Twitter and places like it turn everything into a giant popularity contest of likes and follows.

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Solving the problem of having a lot of inspiration but struggling to access it when you actually need to use it in your creative process