"The “job” of Personal Dashboards – which notetaking apps are least suited to – is to guide day-to-day decisions and actions, and “do work” by processing and reframing information in ways that are difficult for a human brain to do on its own."

"The information that made sense in your free-form notes isn’t necessarily suited to a more structured tool. That content usually needs to be distilled, synthesized, or restructured before it can be functional as part of a dashboard or collaborative document."

"Remembering everything is impossible, so we need systems to help us keep the useful bits of knowledge. Our best bet is to externalize a part of our thinking—to build a second brain."

"Your first brain runs on glucose—your second brain runs on text."

"To learn with text, you have to go through three stages: consume, collect, and create."

"Consuming happens when you read a text."

"Collecting starts when you externalize your thoughts."

"Creating is in everything you do."

"By collecting highlights and notes, you're creating resources for your future self."