Building Out Your Roam Part 3: Templates and TODOs
In building a system for information consumption and processing, I have focused on one goal above all else. I want to avoid context switching...
roam researchBuilding Out Your Roam Part 1: Pages, Blocks, and How to Find Them
But, the block is the thing. Roam is built on the block. It's the solid foundation for your thinking and notes in Roam. Roam wants you to think bottom-up, not top-down.
roam researchDigital Smart Notes Part 5: Creating Content with Smart Notes
If you haven't written along the way, the brain is indeed the only place to turn to. On its own, it is not such a great choice: it is neither objective nor reliable – two quite important aspects in academic or nonfiction writing. -Sönke Ahrens, “How to Take Smart Notes."
roam researchDigital Smart Notes Part 4: Creating Permanent Notes In Roam Research
...the audience here consists of our future selves, which will very soon have reached the same state of ignorance as someone who never had access to what we have written about. -Sönke Ahrens, "How to Take Smart Notes
roam researchDigital Smart Notes Part 3: Creating Literature Notes in Roam Research
They struggle because they believe, as they are made to believe, that writing starts with a blank page. -Sönke Ahrens, "How to Take Smart Notes"
roam researchDigital Smart Notes Part 2: Exporting Highlights to Roam Research With Readwise
To create literature notes, you need a reliable system in which to process your fleeting notes. That system, for me, is Roam Research.
roam researchDigital Smart Notes Part 1: The Capture Toolkit
Even the best tools won't make much of a difference if they are used in isolation. Only if they are embedded in a well-conceived working process can the tools play out their strengths. There is no point in having great tools if they don't fit together. - Sönke Ahrens, "How to Take Smart Notes.
smart notesPersonal Growth and Intellectual Junk Food
When we are fearful or stressed, we tend to want easy to digest content that plays into our own confirmation bias. It's human nature. I call this "intellectual junk food."
personal growthKindness Outside the Echo Chamber: Practicing Empathy on Social Media
"No human being is responsible for his genes or his upbringing, yet we have every reason to believe that these factors determine his character." - Sam Harris, Free Will
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