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the existence of dedicated websites that lets you compare features of the plethora of note-taking applications just shows that so many of us--regardless of background--are interested in (sometimes obsessed with) better systems for note-taking, task management, and really just productivity. doing more with less time and less mental overhead.
I was reminded of what I read or heard some time ago, taking notes and recording our life being easier than ever has a negative impact on ourselves and society -- with regards to memory, our perception of memory, and how we interact and share information.
I can't help but think: it's nice and all to never forget something, or to feel like you can get anything done in limited time. but compared with how humans handled these things decades if not centuries ago, does it really make us more productive? does it allow us to advance faster in better directions and does it have a greater good on society and the world we live in?
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back then, survival was a priority. humans went for hunter-gathering for the majority of their time I would expect, there was probably barely any time for deep thought. then towards the 20th century, what did we do? there was a good load of scientific discoveries. all made in the times where no one had access to tools nearly as convenient as what we have now.
here's an introduction to the Zettelkasten method of note taking.
https://zettelkasten.de/introduction/
(reading only the first paragraph from the first heading is enough to obtain context)
it seems that we're measuring productivity as the quantity of work we can produce in a given period of time.
what about all the other achievers? did they all have their own Zettelkasten method? almost a third of all the note-taking tools in the market today (in my experience) provides the user the ability to use this method. every one of us now have this secret weapon within our reach. and more. we don't all become as productive, or, supposedly, even more productive than those in the past do we?
so many self-help books on the shelves of bookstores. all presenting ways for you to be more productive. but if we don't all have a worthy idea or goal to achieve, why bother improving our capacity of production in working toward that idea that isn't going to succeed anyway?
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