Links:

• Personal Knowledge Management is Bullshit — Personal Knowledge Management (“PKM”) is a trendy new term for techniques and applications designed to manage information. Everyone is overloaded with information thanks to the digital revolution, so—the PKM people tell us—we need new software and systems to survive and thrive. So far, so good. I agree with this intuition. The problem is that market demand for solutions is tremendous, while the underlying problem is stubbornly intractable.
• Merlin Mann on The Great Discontent (TGD) — Merlin Mann is best known as the creator of 43folders.com, a popular website about finding the time and attention to do your best creative work. He is creator of The Merlin Show and cohosts You Look Nice Today, Back to Work, and Roderick on the Line. More recently, he has received rave reviews for his energetic productivity talks at Apple, Google, Adobe, and many others. Merlin lives in San Francisco, where the pork xiu mai is plentiful and his outstanding wife and daughter are within arm’s reach.
• Zettelkasten - Wikipedia — The zettelkasten (German: "slip box", plural zettelkästen) is a system of note-taking and personal knowledge management used in research and study. Variations of the note taking system are known by the "card index" or "index card file" in English and fichier boîte ("file box") in French contexts.
• Niklas Luhmann - Wikipedia — iklas Luhmann (/ˈluːmən/; German: [ˈluːman]; December 8, 1927 – November 6, 1998) was a German sociologist, philosopher of social science, and a prominent thinker in systems theory, who is considered one of the most important social theorists of the 20th century.
• The Zettelkasten Method - LessWrong — Early this year, Conor White-Sullivan introduced me to the Zettelkasten method of note-taking. I would say that this significantly increased my research productivity. I’ve been saying “at least 2x”. Naturally, this sort of thing is difficult to quantify. The truth is, I think it may be more like 3x, especially along the dimension of “producing ideas” and also “early-stage development of ideas”.
• Roam Research – A note taking tool for networked thought. — As easy to use as a document. As powerful as a graph database. Roam helps you organize your research for the long haul.
• Obsidian — Obsidian is a powerful knowledge base on top of a local folder of plain text Markdown files.
• Logseq: A privacy-first, open-source knowledge base — Logseq is a privacy-first, open-source knowledge base that works on top of local plain-text Markdown and Org-mode files. Use it to write, organize and share your thoughts, keep your to-do list, and build your own digital garden.
• Best Note Taking App - Organize Your Notes with Evernote — Remember everything and tackle any project with your notes, tasks, and schedule all in one place.
• DEVONtechnologies | DEVONthink, professional document and information management for the Mac and iOS — Focus on your work and let DEVONthink remember all the details. Collect, organize, edit and annotate documents of any kind. Have them automatically analyzed, connected, and filed. Sync them between your Mac, iPhone, and iPad.
• Building a Second Brain — A Proven Method to Organize Your Digital Life and Unlock Your Creative Potential
• xkcd: Automation — "I SPEND A LOT OF TIME ON THIS TASK. I SHOULD WRITE A PROGRAM AUTOMATING IT!"

Knjige koje smo spomenuli:

• How to read a book (Mortimer Adler)
• How to speak and how to listen (Mortimer Adler)
• How to think (Alan Jacobs)
• How to take smart notes (Sönke Ahrens)
• Getting things done (David Allen)
• Biblija (?)
• Rat i mir (Lav Tolstoj)
• Ana Karenjina (Lav Tolstoj)
• It (Stephen King)
• The stand (Stephen King)
• The dark tower serija (Stephen King)
• Infinite jest (David Foster Wallace)
• Consider the lobster (David Foster Wallace)
• The dawn of everything (David Graeber & David Wengrow)
• Thinking fast and slow (Daniel Kahneman)
• Gödel, Escher, Bach (Douglas Hofstadter) …

I jedna aplikacija:

• Readwise

Links:

• Paul Graham on Twitter: "Americans have fewer friends than they used to. 15% of men and 10% of women have no close friends. https://t.co/Dl2lSknT18" / Twitter
• Harvard Health on Twitter: "Compared with people who didn't take a tub bath more than twice a week, people who took a daily warm or hot bath had a 28% lower risk of cardiovascular disease and a 26% lower risk of stroke: https://t.co/2fpXUOlB71 #HarvardHealth https://t.co/0Lcop1x6Bl" / Twitter
• Surfside condominium building collapse - Wikipedia — On June 24, 2021, at approximately 1:25 a.m. EDT, Champlain Towers South, a 12-story beachfront condominium with a penthouse and an underground garage in the Miami suburb of Surfside, Florida, United States, experienced a sudden partial collapse.
• The problem with reinforced concrete — By itself, concrete is a very durable construction material. The magnificent Pantheon in Rome, the world’s largest unreinforced concrete dome, is in excellent condition after nearly 1,900 years. And yet many concrete structures from last century – bridges, highways and buildings – are crumbling. Many concrete structures built this century will be obsolete before its end.

Links:

• Sudowrite — Bust writer’s block and be more creative with our magical writing AI.
• Ultimate Guide to Becoming A Medical Writer — Medical writing is an esteemed profession. Every day, medical writers are detailing, documenting, and sharing news and research that is improving health outcomes and saving lives.
• Wolfram Mathematica - Wikipedia — Wolfram Mathematica (usually termed Mathematica) is a software system with built-in libraries for several areas of technical computing that allow symbolic computation, manipulating matrices, plotting functions and various types of data, implementation of algorithms, creation of user interfaces, and interfacing with programs written in other programming languages.
• IPython - Wikipedia — IPython (Interactive Python) is a command shell for interactive computing in multiple programming languages, originally developed for the Python programming language, that offers introspection, rich media, shell syntax, tab completion, and history.
• Project Jupyter | Home — Project Jupyter exists to develop open-source software, open-standards, and services for interactive computing across dozens of programming languages.
• The Scientific Paper Is Obsolete. Here's What's Next. - The Atlantic — Wolfram has a hard time seeing outside Wolfram, and perhaps that’s the reason that the Mathematica notebook has remained relatively obscure while a rival system—derivative, yes, and simplistic, but open—looks to be taking over the world.
• History of podcasting - Wikipedia — Podcasting, previously known as "audioblogging", has its roots dating back to the 1980s. With the advent of broadband Internet access and portable digital audio playback devices such as the iPod, podcasting began to catch hold in late 2004.
• Serial (podcast) - Wikipedia — Serial is an investigative journalism podcast hosted by Sarah Koenig, narrating a nonfiction story over multiple episodes.
• Google Reader - Wikipedia — Google Reader was an RSS/Atom feed aggregator operated by Google. It was created in early 2005 by Google engineer Chris Wetherell and launched on October 7, 2005, through Google Labs. Google Reader grew in popularity to support a number of programs which used it as a platform for serving news and information to people. Google closed Google Reader on July 1, 2013, citing declining use.
• Google+ - Wikipedia — Google+ (pronounced and sometimes written as Google Plus; sometimes called G+) was a social network owned and operated by Google. The network was launched on June 28, 2011, in an attempt to challenge other social networks, linking other Google products like Google Drive, Blogger and YouTube.

Links:

• Spaced repetition - Wikipedia — Spaced repetition is an evidence-based learning technique that is usually performed with flashcards. Newly introduced and more difficult flashcards are shown more frequently, while older and less difficult flashcards are shown less frequently in order to exploit the psychological spacing effect. The use of spaced repetition has been proven to increase rate of learning.
• Forgetting curve - Wikipedia — The forgetting curve hypothesizes the decline of memory retention in time. This curve shows how information is lost over time when there is no attempt to retain it. A related concept is the strength of memory that refers to the durability that memory traces in the brain. The stronger the memory, the longer period of time that a person is able to recall it. A typical graph of the forgetting curve purports to show that humans tend to halve their memory of newly learned knowledge in a matter of days or weeks unless they consciously review the learned material.
• PalmPilot - Wikipedia — The PalmPilot Personal and PalmPilot Professional are the second generation of Palm PDA devices produced by Palm Inc (then a subsidiary of U.S. Robotics, later 3Com). These devices were launched on March 10, 1997.
• 20 rules of formulating knowledge in learning — The speed of learning will depend on the way you formulate the material. The same material can be learned many times faster if well formulated! The difference in speed can be stunning! The rules are listed in the order of importance. Those listed first are most often violated or bring most benefit when complied with! There is an underlying assumption that you will proceed with learning using spaced repetition, i.e. you will not just learn once but you will repeat the material optimally (as in SuperMemo).
• United States Medical Licensing Examination - Wikipedia — The United States Medical Licensing Examination (USMLE) is a three-step examination program for medical licensure in the United States. It is sponsored by the Federation of State Medical Boards (FSMB) and the National Board of Medical Examiners (NBME).[1] U.S. physicians with an M.D. degree and international medical graduates are required to pass this examination before being permitted to practice medicine in the United States unsupervised [2] Individual states often add their own additional requirements.[3]) Physicians with a Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine (DO) degree are permitted to take either the USMLE or the Comprehensive Osteopathic Medical Licensing Examination (COMLEX) exam for medical licensure.[4][5]
• Anki (software) - Wikipedia — Anki is a free and open-source flashcard program using spaced repetition, a technique from cognitive science for fast and long-lasting memorization.[5] "Anki" (暗記) is the Japanese word for "memorization".[6] The SM-2 algorithm, created for SuperMemo in the late 1980s, forms the basis of the spaced repetition methods employed in the program. Anki's implementation of the algorithm has been modified to allow priorities on cards and to show flashcards in order of their urgency.[7]
• Hook – Links beat searching — Universal 'Copy Link'! Instantly create and use links to all kinds of information: files, emails, tasks and much more! Paste links in your notes, task lists, or anywhere else where you will need them! Use them to instantly return to the information you need, wherever it is.
• Getting Things Done - Wikipedia — Getting Things Done (GTD) is a personal productivity system developed by David Allen and published in a book of the same name.[1] Described as a time management system,[2] the author states in the book that if a task is on your mind, it will fill your mind completely, which guarantees that you will be incapable of handling yet another task; therefore you will fail to complete any of them.[3]:22
• Zettelkasten - Wikipedia — The zettelkasten (German: "slip box") is a method of note-taking and personal knowledge management used in research and study.
• NF-κB - Wikipedia — NF-κB (nuclear factor kappa-light-chain-enhancer of activated B cells) is a protein complex that controls transcription of DNA, cytokine production and cell survival.
• Cytokine - Wikipedia — Cytokines are a broad and loose category of small proteins (~5–20 kDa) important in cell signaling. Cytokines are peptides and cannot cross the lipid bilayer of cells to enter the cytoplasm. Cytokines have been shown to be involved in autocrine, paracrine and endocrine signaling as immunomodulating agents. Their definite distinction from hormones is still part of ongoing research.
• Infinite Regress – Clearing the PDF log jam

Links:

• Beware Goldman workhorses, deferred gratification is the worst kind | Financial Times — The enjoyment of life is a skill. The idea that it can be switched on after decades at the grindstone underrates the force of human habit. Thinking of the retired or semi-retired workhorses I know, it is telling how structured and deliberate their recreations tend to be. The wine venture, the competitive sailing, the art-dealing: these are corporate-style projects by another name. The talent for doing nothing, for succumbing to the moment, was never developed. Perhaps this is what “born” A-type personalities would be doing anyway. Just as likely, it is the conditioning that starts with those 20-hour days as impressionable youths. If so, Goldman’s alleged snowflakes are understating their case. Pleasures deferred can be pleasures foregone.
• At Some Medical Schools, Humanities Join the Curriculum - The New York Times — Art and medicine have worked hand in hand for a long time. To improve his art, Leonardo dissected bodies. To improve his anatomy treatise, Andreas Vesalius relied on the artistry of Titian's workshop. But the other day, in the European paintings wing of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, a group of seven would-be doctors had a different kind of reason to appreciate the 17th-century Dutch biblical scene before them: course credit. Three years ago, the Mount Sinai School of Medicine began an art-appreciation course for medical students, joining a growing number of medical schools that are adding humanities to the usual forced march of physiology, pathology and microbiology.