PKM

The larger our repertoire and – perhaps even more importantly – how well we are practiced with this repertoire, the more value-adding we can work with sources.

every workflow should be understood as a tool in your repertoire. All too often there is a misconception that the most important thing is to find “your own way of working”. I reduce my contemporary critique to the following: I consider it another manifestation of the modern and exceedingly narcissistic belief that one’s ego is the most important th... See more

Processing texts is not an end, but only a means to generate the most productive sessions possible. I therefore measure my productivity not by how many texts I can process or how thoroughly, but by the quality and quantity of thoughts unfolded, the quality and quantity of ideas understood.

“ When we compare something old and something new—like a book and an iPad or a nun sitting next to a texting teenager on a train—we believe that the new thing has more of a future, when in fact the reverse is true. The longer an object or custom has been with us, the greater its staying power. On average, the newest things die out first... There w

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A common question in relation to the interleaving of books (and other sources) is how to keep the sources once you have worked on them. People are often surprised when I say that I don’t keep any sources.

We need to learn that what really matters is not how we want to work, but what processing the source requires.

The people I admire most have a way of escaping the bubble of culture. Sometimes via religion; sometimes via old books; sometimes via time in nature. Without such an escape, propaganda wins. You stop thinking for yourself. Modern delusions grow into an all-consuming mind virus.