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LifeOS

Life management system for Obsidian

Broadly speaking, I think there are two main modes of information consumption: foraging and hunting. Foraging is passive: You don’t have a clear goal; you just wander and scroll until something catches your interest. Hunting, on the other hand, is active and purposeful. You know what you’re looking for, and are consciously searching for it. A good... See more

The analogy of information as sugar is not just rhetoric. A 2019 study by researchers at Berkeley found that information acts on the brain’s dopamine-producing reward system in the same way as food. Put simply, the brain treats information as a reward in itself; it doesn't matter whether the info is accurate or useful, the brain will still crave it... See more

I love the metaphor of trails to describe Sublime - a trail is something you do for yourself. But it's also something you leave behind for others.