My first brain either has a hoarding problem or runs a big data strategy (cheaper to store stuff than to figure out what it means). Most things I take note of and file away unconsciously are never used, but a chunk turns out to be salient to something 1-10 years later.
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This is radically cheaper than taking notes which requires some immediate sensemaking. But it’s not efficient predictive processing. I don’t primarily store violations of expectations to improve predictability. It’s more random.
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Venkatesh Rao Retweeted Abhinav Kejriwal
Second brain is for processing and digesting and turning into output.https://twitter.com/abhinavkej/status/1313577043112546305 …
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Often recall-use events are their own reward. Long-arc callbacks are fun for no reason other than being long. I do this in twitter replies whenever I can. Serves no real purpose, but fun to throw people off balance by pointing to an interaction weeks or months ago. Memory stunt.
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The only practical use I know of is to impress interviewers. Most people have like 1-minute memory in live conversations. 20+ minutes callbacks look like genius. Iirc sheep on,y have ~20min short-term memory.
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Improv comics develop this skill. A callback / puntwist from the beginning of the set always brings the house down.
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Yeah that’s basically why I do it too. For karmic lulz. Outside of stories, music, and comedy, life doesn’t neatly balance out open threads with full tension release.
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