Chad Aaron Hall
@readordieaslave
Edgewalker
Chad Aaron Hall
readordieaslave.substack.com
In short: it is probably a mistake, in the end, to ask software to improve our thinking. Even if you can rescue your attention from the acid bath of the internet; even if you can gather the most interesting data and observations into the app of your choosing; even if you revisit that data from time to time — this will not be enough. It might not... See more
Casey Newton • Why note-taking apps don’t make us smarter
One small New Hampshire town built a state-of-the-art geographic information system (GIS) and an IT department that would be the envy of any big city.
Success Story: A Small Town Uses Technology in Big Ways
• What others want from you is mostly to be seen. Let others know you see them.
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Mindhunter: Inside the FBI's Elite Serial Crime Unit by John E. Douglas, Mark Olshaker
app.thestorygraph.com
Other Inquisitions, 1937-1952 (Texas Pan American Series)
amazon.com
writing as thinking or writing to understand
Borges names his essays as “inquisitions.” He is less concerned with presenting a belief and more concerned with pondering and conjecture.
for example: in “The Wall and the Books” his writing is essential guessing at the possible reasons the Shih Huang Ti ordered the building of The Great Wall and the burning of all books published before his time.
“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