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"I wrote this book in the first place to solve the problem of information abundance. We can't be the first people to ever have too much information to manage. So I went back through history when society was changing, the economy was changing, the way that we lived was changing, and it turned out throughout history again and again, every time humanity faced too much change and too much information going on around them, they turned to the same solution. They turned to this solution, this thing called a Commonplace book, almost like a journal, except it wasn't just a place for them to pour out their personal thoughts and reflections. It was a place for them to keep a much wider variety of things, quotes and Bible verses and recipes and bits of advice and wisdom, a leaf that they found in the garden or later on a photograph. It became this central repository of all the information and content that was meaningful to them. It's the one place you control and you can make sense of all this stuff happening around you. And what I'm trying to do essentially is reinvent that age-old practice in digital form for modern lives and modern work.

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I wrote this book / in the first place / to solve / the problem of information abundance. / We can't be / the first people / to ever have too much information to manage. / So / I went back / through history / when society / was changing, / the economy was changing, / the way that we / lived / was changing, / and it turned out / throughout history again and again, / every time humanity faced / too much change / and too much information / going on around them, / they / turned to the same solution. / They turned to this solution, / this thing / called a Commonplace book, / almost like a journal, / except / it wasn't just a place for them / to pour out their / personal thoughts and reflections. / It was a place for them / to keep / a much wider variety of things, / quotes / and Bible verses / and recipes / and bits of advice and wisdom, / a leaf that they found in the garden / or later on / a photograph. / It became / this central repository / of all the information / and content / that was meaningful to them. / It's the one place you control / and you can make sense / of all this stuff happening around you. / And what I'm trying to do essentially is / reinvent that age-old practice / in digital form / for modern lives / and modern work. //

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My message to you is that you need a second brain, a personal system for knowledge management. It's saving little bits of material and content and information from both your physical environment, but more importantly, your digital environment to cultivate and retrieve and review it over time. The heart and soul of building a second brain is called C.O.D.E. C for capture, O for organize, D for distill, and E for express. Capturing information, organizing it, distilling it, and then expressing it in in some way. Our memory, especially our working memory, is kind of like the RAM in a computer. It's fast, it can make decisions quickly, but what happens when you restart your computer, which is kind of like going to sleep at night? The RAM gets wiped. Notes are simply a way to preserve the value of that thinking so that you can benefit from it again and again and again in the future and not just once.

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My message to you / is that you need / a second brain, / a personal system / for knowledge management. / It's saving little / bits of material / and content and information from / both your physical environment, / but more importantly, / your digital environment / to cultivate / and retrieve / and review it over time. / The heart and soul / of building a second brain / is called / C.O.D.E. / C/ for capture, / O / for organize, / D / for distill, / and E / for express. / Capturing information, / organizing it, / distilling it, / and then expressing it in in some way. / Our / memory, / especially our working memory, / is kind of like the RAM in a computer. / It's fast, / it can make decisions quickly, / but what happens when you restart your computer, / which is kind of like going to sleep at night? / The RAM / gets wiped. // Notes are simply / a way / to preserve / the value of that thinking / so that you can benefit from it / again and again / and again / in the future / and not just once. //