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Backlog != Second Brain

+1 for no system, or lightweight system

In the past for every subject I researched I created a slide deck, and after some time I started noticing common patterns across different even remote disciplines.

Interlinking slides is hard, so Obsidian is ideal for this.

The important part is not to be religious or too pedantic about it, or else it will become a Second Job instead of a Second Brain;) Dump/capture what you can, if it’s really important - it will resurface later.

Lastly, with GenAI the value of these tools as a Knowledge Management goes down, but they’re more like a Workspace with the work logs and pointers/references to the actual knowledge in GenAI tools.



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