the lie at the core of pkm
no system will save you from the hard work of sitting with the unknown
Alex Dobrenko and
the lie at the core of pkm
Data vs Intuition
Keely Adler and • 42 cards
Tl;dr: I think personal knowledge management, in many cases, is a fruitless effort and there are generally only very few cases (see above) in which note taking actually makes sense.
reddit.com • R/ObsidianMD - Is the Concept of Personal Knowledge Management Flawed?
The problem is, as achievement-subjects, not only do we burn ourselves out, but the meaning and value of our lives is always deferred. Once we have our dream job, the perfect home, a perfectly optimised life – once we are productive enough, efficient enough, successful enough – only then will we arrive at meaning. But just like the fruit that... See more
Alec Stubbs • The Achievement Society Is Burning Us Out, We Need More Play
so too with PKM systems - the reward comes only once you have the perfect system. once you’re organized. except that never comes.
This is the messy backyard with forking paths. I plant cool stuff here without worrying about organizing it.
Jake Weber's Website
now this right here I like ! the chaos. “without worrying about it”
think of your ideas as people / your children. I want my ideas to go hang out with other ideas, I don't want them hanging out in a room full of schedules and todo lists
I am going to make the argument that the predominant form of the social web — that amalgam of blogging, Twitter, Facebook, forums, Reddit, Instagram — is an impoverished model for learning and research and that our survival as a species depends on us getting past the sweet, salty fat of “the web as conversation” and on to something more timeless,... See more
mikecaulfield • The Garden and the Stream: A Technopastoral
keep collecting and organizing separate - that's from BASB
why curation...
sari and • 163 cards