The challenge is knowing which knowledge is worth acquiring. And then building a system to forward bits of it through time, to the future situation or problem or challenge where it is most applicable, and most needed.

Yes... so it's like while I am reading this... what do I do with these quotes that stick out to me the most. If I have read something like this before, how do I nudge future me into seeing this again, if I read something like this in the future. How do I spend a little extra time organizing these notes, so I don't have to spend the time later researching from scratch.

It is a method for opportunistic compression summarizing and condensing a piece of information in small spurts, spread across time, in the course of other work, and only doing as much or as little as the information deserves.

Building my 'second brain' is an immense undertaking, but as I toe along this line of understanding just how little organization I had previously... frightens me/yet excites me. Utilizing the technologies we have available now, to ensure I can use it as a superpower. Never losing a train of thought/idea that I have had previously, because I do my best to ensure that I #tag my notes for easily searchable terms.

“How do I make what I’m consuming right now easily discoverable for my future self?”

For those interested: I definitely recommend using Roam Research for notetaking.

https://roamresearch.com/