The goal of PKM is to:

  • remember and synthesize what you consume, and
  • use information in the most efficient way

“Efficient” means reducing the incidence of:

  • a piece of information being forgotten
  • synthesis not using the linkages between concepts, and
  • concepts not translating between one area of application

Books

Building a Second Brain is a book that is quite light on details but got me thinking about this concept more fully. The PARA method he proposes is nothing complex or revolutionary, but it does force a certain focus without being too difficult to adopt.