TIL that Plato's nickname for Aristotle was "the brain" I can just imagine him playfully ribbing his friend for his outsized intellect haha

Industrial agriculture drove down the cost of a calorie so low, obesity is now much more of a threat than famine Artificial intelligence will similarly drive down the cost of creating a bit so low that information addiction will be more of a threat than information scarcity

If you want an even simpler alternative to PARA: Just divide your folders/notebooks/tags into “hot” and “cold” Hot folders are things you’re actively working on right now, like projects, which should be a tiny minority of all your notes and files Cold folders are ones that…

Your mind is a factory, not a warehouse Stop storing information passively (or even worse, trying to remember everything) and start using it to achieve your goals

Personal knowledge management gets a lot easier and more effective when you realize the key is to consistently capture, organize, review, and apply