A gardener's pkm
The personal development / productivity space is littered with conflicting advice of varying utility. It attracts the intellectually promiscuous. Commitment-phobic concept sluts endlessly dabble with frameworks and tools, hoping to someday reach a moment of certainty when they’ll finally take action…99% of self-help is escapism.
Daniel Kazandjian • 80/20 Personal Development
You can’t just collect information. To feel creatively and intellectually alive, you also need a purpose. It can be achieving mastery of a domain, collecting raw material for a project, curating something for someone as an act of generosity, or collecting inspiration for an essay you’ve been wanting to write.
My biggest issue with tools like Delphi that promise to help creators scale their time infinitely is that most people aren’t lacking information or insight. They are lacking the peer support, accountability, and belief capital needed to put the knowledge into action.
Like Om said: "Bumper sticker" gurus being automated means even more performative
... See moreThat people show off these illegible globs in public only makes sense from a signaling perspective: They are saying, “look at how many nodes I have in my brain, amazing nodes, I have so many nodes that a peon such as yourself can’t even guess what’s going on here!”
Personal Knowledge Management is Bullshit
Get Your Knowledge Graph Away From Me
Personal Knowledge Management is Bullshit
All you have to do is take cute little notes all the time, and the hard work is magically done for you!
Personal Knowledge Management is Bullshit
What percentage of history's greatest and most prolific writers did not use a Zettelkasten? More than 99%, probably. Luhmann is an exception that proves the rule.
Personal Knowledge Management is Bullshit
inspiration happens when you aren't looking for it. when you are relaxed and open. that's the vibe inside sublime
The sex appeal of the Knowledge Graph derives from the fantasy of not having to decide what’s most important.