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How will your "second brain" look like?
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How will your "second brain" look like?

The "second brain" concept and note-taking methods sparked a new wave of tools. There's no "best one", but the one that fits your style and needs.

This episode discusses the selection of Personal Knowledge Management (PKM) tools, starting with the rise of the "Second Brain" concept and the evolution of various note-taking methods.

It analyzes different generations of note-taking tools and their advantages and disadvantages and points out that an ideal tool should meet individual note-taking styles and purposes.

There are two types of note-takers, although most people are somewhere in-between:

  • “Collectors” who clip contents and knowledge and think these would be useful in the future;

  • “Producers” who use the notes to expand knowledge and generate new content.

Also, there are three usage patterns (and you’re somewhere in-between too):

  • Convergent: requires note-taking tools to distill the “essence” of the contents they collected for quick understanding of certain topics;

  • Divergent: looking for tools capable of linking and digesting knowledge as the foundation of new creations.

  • Generative: the tools are used to connect with generative AI and produce new content based on the collected sources.

There are several new note-taking tools, including Notion, Obsidian, Heptabase, Scrintal, and NotebookLM that are suitable for general purposes. However, if you are a knowledge worker, finding the tool that suits you is paramount to make knowledge work for you.

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