A 2nd Brain
I have been following the Youtuber (among other roles they play), Ali Abdaal for a while as I enjoy their tech reviews and productively discussions. In his weekly newsletter this week he features a piece written by his assistant, Elizabeth Filipsabout her productivity and on why you should “Why You Should Listen To Your Lazy Self”, which is interesting though when I checked out her YouTube channel I found the following video about knowledge information systems.
I am always on the look out for the next best note taking app or to do app as I am perennially over indexed on what I can get done in a day and have a hard time not saying “yes” at the office.
In this video she talks about the following:
Brains are for making connections and not for storing information.
I found this especially profound and pertinent to how I think about knowledge management and information curation.