Friend: "I followed X's method for organising my Obsidian notes. Didn't work."
Me: "Did you check if they had a serious context of use?"
Friend: "No."
Me: "Hmm. Why did you think their methodology would work, given that ALL of their output is about their note taking system?"
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To be fair, nothing beats 'actually testing method against reality.'
So my friend has helped everyone who listened to him — we now downweight the believability of X when it comes to note taking.
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Corollary: Empty calorie info products are a helluva business
Hypothetical: “Buy my course and I’ll teach you how I made $10k with Obsidian” (turns out, course is just note taking 101)
With good enough copywriting, it works though. Putting the gross in gross margin, these folks
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