1/ The act of building a Second Brain is an act of revolution
2/ Your experience is the sum of the information you consume
When you take control of that information stream, you push your world into a state of change
You become a destabilizing force to the prevailing worldview
3/ Your ability to shape your information stream becomes the power to shape your own experience
Once you master this, you can also shape the experiences of others
It’s all just information
4/ This process begins with taking note of what is, just as it is
By documenting reality, we get close to it
And when we are close to it, we can bend reality to our will
5/ Acts of revolution can break things, but you also need information to make things
Your Second Brain is also a tool of creation
6/ The ideas you collect form your world
Every insight you gain becomes a new desert, mountain range, or forest in your landscape of knowledge
This world in turn shapes all that you will become and all that you will create in your life
7/ When we were children, we allowed ourselves to create imaginary worlds all the time
We inhabited them just as much as the “real” world
But then we were told that those worlds didn’t matter
Our imagination was tamed
8/ You have the choice of where to focus your attention
And thus, you have the right to choose your interpretation of events
And thus, you have permission to create your own reality
9/ The problem with reality is it’s so easy to see
Look around you — there it is
You can’t leave reality
It is stubbornly tangible and persistent
10/ But in fact, reality isn’t permanent at all
It’s constantly changing
What we know about reality is always incomplete
Even the things we think we do know are approximations at best
11/ When we think about the future, this reality can get in the way
Our incomplete and incorrect ideas about reality can end up tainting our view of what is possible in the world
The resulting visions of the future turn out not so different from the present
12/ It takes extra effort and courage to set aside our ideas about reality and imagine a different future
Not to mention explore the innumerable pathways that could exist
13/ The word “utopia” means “good not place” — a wonderful place that doesn’t exist
It is important to remember that we are not meant to arrive at utopia, because it isn’t a place
14/ The reason we imagine utopias is to provide a point on the compass that orients us in our travels
The vision of utopia we create gives us direction and hope that we are moving forward
15/ (Inspired/paraphrased from The Imaginary World of... by Keri Smith)
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