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Knowledge & Thinking · March 2026 · 8 min read Nobody talks about this when they review note-taking apps. The individual note is almost never where the value is. Instead, the value is in what one note has to do with another — and another after that. Think about the idea from your biology reading…
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Every day we save information. This includes bookmarks, PDFs, meeting notes, and voice memos. However, most of it is rarely used. As a result, reviewing it often feels useless. In other words, capturing knowledge is not the same as building knowledge. The Real Problem: Information Without Structure Modern tools make saving information easy. Examples include…
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Why everything you’ve been taught about studying builds knowledge wrong — and what the science says. There’s a version of this article that opens with a forgetting curve. Or a round number like “humans forget 70% of new knowledge within 24 hours.” You’ve seen that article. Chances are, you’ve forgotten it. This isn’t that. Instead,…
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You have taken thousands of notes. Lecture notes, meeting notes, book highlights, voice memos, sticky notes on your monitor. But when someone asks about something you wrote down six months ago, your mind goes blank. That is not a memory problem. That is a system problem. And knowing the difference will change how you learn.…
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Learning & Memory · March 2026 · 6 min read Why Taking Notes Doesn’t Mean You’ll Actually Remember Anything Students, professionals, and lifelong learners all take notes. Yet almost all of them forget most of what they wrote within days. The problem isn’t the notes themselves. Rather, it’s what happens after you write them or…
