What I see that gets me fired up, is when people with platforms—people with positions of responsibility—are making money encouraging others to over-collect, over-highlight, and yet under-think.
Why do I care❓
Mini 🧵 (1/6)
Why do I care❓
Mini 🧵 (1/6)
Because they are teaching people to develop the habits that will form a toxic relationship to Knowledge in the long-term. (2/6)
And when that toxic relationship—based on FOMO, "Shiny Object Syndrome", and superficial thinking—backfires 3-5 years down the road...
...people will either become disillusioned with PKM or they will think *they* are the problem, losing some self-worth and feeling shame. (3/6)
...people will either become disillusioned with PKM or they will think *they* are the problem, losing some self-worth and feeling shame. (3/6)
They are not the problem. The problem is the cumulative result of developing and habitualizing a toxic relationship to knowledge over the years. (4/6)
We're all trying to figure out how to handle the Information Age and having access to limitless stuff.
I hope this thread creates enough discomfort to force the bigger questions to be asked a bit more often........ (5/6)
I hope this thread creates enough discomfort to force the bigger questions to be asked a bit more often........ (5/6)
❓What is my relationship to knowledge?
❓Am I spending too much time consuming and collecting, and therefore not enough time thinking in more active, nourishing ways? (6/6)
❓Am I spending too much time consuming and collecting, and therefore not enough time thinking in more active, nourishing ways? (6/6)
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