
PW 4: Productivity and tools


In a world where we can outsource productivity to technology, the people who reap the biggest rewards aren’t those who work the fastest.
They’re the people who make things that are wonderful, original, weird, emotionally resonant, and authentic. As our feeds become flooded with instant, AI-generated content, the most dangerous thing you can do is pl... See more
They’re the people who make things that are wonderful, original, weird, emotionally resonant, and authentic. As our feeds become flooded with instant, AI-generated content, the most dangerous thing you can do is pl... See more
Sari Azout • The End of Productivity
Stepping back to look at the broader history, it’s clear that the Second Brain movement is part of the long arc of technology’s progress in helping us transcend our biological limitations. It’s an essential tool in the remote, autonomous, project-based economy we are increasingly moving toward, as important to knowledge workers as a hammer is to a ... See more
Tiago Forte • Building a Second Brain: The 10-Year Vision
Digital tools designed to enhance our productivity and help us manage information have proliferated over the past two decades. These tools are great for tracking and executing tasks, but less helpful when it comes to figuring out what work we should be doing in the first place.
Sari Azout • The End of Productivity
It seems like every time we get a tool that’s supposed to help us work better, faster, and smarter, it turns us into reactive, transactional, careless chaos monkeys.