I think the output of your notes should be like looking at your old homework assignments. It should be mostly nostalgic and cut b/c you've internalized everything.
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Which is why that even though I use Roam, I think it's not that great for a 'personal tool'. It's like fetishizing your childhood homework assignments and making them part of your knowledge repository.
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It mixes the sentimental personal stuff with the work stuff. You can end up citing your 5th grade homework as part of your Phd thesis.
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Basically... a notes taking system should be like a digestive system that extracts value, integrates it into the body, and then poops out what it can't digest.
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It shouldn't be like a body with no asshole. Only the Heavenly Divine From Birth have no need for assholes.
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