Too many people are note-taking too much.
This means they are thinking for themselves too little.
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This means they are thinking for themselves too little.
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Let's try to agree that "note-taking" is more about "consuming" than "conversing" or "creating". 2/
The opposite is "note-making". It is more about "conversing" with ideas and "creating" unique perspectives from the ideas encountered. It is not about "consuming". 3/
Consuming is more passive than active. Being passive in thought...let's call that poor, surface-level thinking. 4/
Conversing and Creating are more active than passive. Being active in thought...let's call that good thinking. 5/
Most people will sheepishly agree they are doing more consuming than they really need.
This means they are spending more time thinking poorly, and less time thinking "goodly".
What's the problem? 6/
This means they are spending more time thinking poorly, and less time thinking "goodly".
What's the problem? 6/
Note-takers—people who consume way too much—lose their ability to think for themselves.
Their thinking muscles atrophy. 7/
Their thinking muscles atrophy. 7/
The process of note-MAKING rebuilds and strengthens our thinking muscles. What is note-making? 8/
Note-making is taking ideas you encounter and chewing on them, relating them to other ideas, challenging them, refining them, combining them, and otherwise developing and growing them into something special: your personalized thoughts and opinions surrounding the idea. 9/
That's the superpower that obsessive note-takers can't touch. 10/
Just like directing your "Attention" is the superpower in the digital age, so is "Note-Making" the superpower in the Age of the Linked Note. 11/
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