Our full 90-minute interview with Tiago Forte: ruclips.net/video/-asOA1QMGtg/видео.html Highlights: This productivity hack comes with an asterisk: ruclips.net/video/gqxpi4KYBoM/видео.html How to double your brain power: ruclips.net/video/1Xi4fMfwsQg/видео.html Master divergent and convergent thinking: ruclips.net/video/UsccvWvHgyQ/видео.html
Already been doing this for a couple of years using Google docs and Keep. This works! Capturing emotions makes you rich enough to process more emotions because your past emotions are resolved. Writing things sorts your head and makes it ready to take more. Just be wary of not getting too obsessive about how much you capture and how well you organize it. The intent is to be organic here.
Ive been doing this for years now using my notes app on icloud. I have "buckets" and folders/groups for organizing everything from to do lists, large life goals, research notes, reflective writing, etc on and on...its been inteersting seeing my collection grow over the years (almost 2,000+ notes now) and going back to figure out what can be consolidated or regrouped differently. Really has changed the way I move and think about my knowledge archives.
It's really when you go back and collect/organize notes, possibly merging thoughts from many years ago, that you realize how valuable this technique is
it's interesting. while i always considered doing this, i also worried that there was always a scary potential for losing notes, either they get burned or lost or whatever, or the cloud service i keep my notes on gets corrupted for any reason etc. another issue i personally considered was how accessible the knowledge really is if i have to consult with my notes to remind me, and to revert back to my first point, if you somehow lose access to these notes for any reason, what use they ever have? i am definitely nit picking though, i think i would love to take notes if i just wasn't so much more worried about losing them than taking them :P
Yes he's talking about something like a Journal, but an intelligent 1, suggesting past experiences and drawing pattern. Paper journals can't do that, unless you pour time re-reading
Building a Second Brain helps you to create a metaphorical mirror that helps you to reflect upon and evolve your first brain. It’s not just about "filling your cup" up with more information so you can be just more productive but about expanding your cup and your "presence", so you gain the capacity to understand and make sense of more complexity in life.
@@LordBrittish I love your response! It’s so poignant! Actually they will "argue" with one another. It’s natural because your first brain, the ego part of it, is often driven by expectations of society to "fit in to survive." But over time, if you capture surprising and novel things as Tiago noted, your Second Brain will help your first brain to reflect upon and realize it wants to explore something deeper within itself, a larger sense of Self. One that can help you to "step out and thrive" in a newer unique way. But taking those steps and exploring something beyond what society expects of you can feel risky which is why this internal tension or arguing ensues with yourself. But in time, your Second Brain can help you to creatively "step out of your own way" (Alfonso Montuori) so the ego in your first brain begins to work with you rather than against you.
The historical element of what this guy says is incredibly sus. This happens a lot when people from outside the field of history try to engage with it to justify whatever it is that they are doing. I really question the idea that people took notes when times were complex, any more than times were simple, or indeed how he defines what a complex or simple time might have been. And isnt a second brain essentially just taking notes all in one place. Like your phone?
Sounds a lot like bits and pieces from already existing self-help methods thrown around superficially. The idea of self reflection and journalling to boost creativity and productivity is already in abundance with many authors and gurus suggesting it's transformational capabilities, the only new thing here is uploading materials onto a 'virtual' platform and the captivating bold claim that it would grow a second brain
That's the first time I realize how compact bigthink videos are - I've consumed a lot from tiago, and this video basically just "opens this chapter" in a really nice, friendly, and genuine way. That's literally just the "why you should have a second brain" component, and like... One toe in the water on how to start. Crazy how condensed that is, and I kind of... Don't needed it. I'm heads in, for months, really deep thinking this would get me further in, but it was rather a really good summary :D Think I might use bigthink just for that in the future; what are big life areas I should pay more attention to.
I love it when a respected expert recommends that I do something that I have already been doing for quite some time. It makes me feel like I am not a complete blockhead :)
Big Think is the best RUclips Channel...its even more than a YT channel,these videos literally pour optimism,inspiration,knowledge...they give me a feeling of life each video I watch ,Makes me want to get out there see the world,create,explore,experience. Thank You for this feeling
That's great. Yesterday I saw a similar insight from Professor of Art History Alka Hingorani where she talked about exactly the same thing. Over time this little duration of time that you take out for yourself would eventually define who you are as a person. And would make seemingly unconnected things come under one large connection. Beautiful video.
Look, I use Notion and appreciate it a lot. But Tiago talks elsewhere about integrating ChatGPT into his second brain, as a tool. How could anyone think that's a good idea? Language is as close as we get to a 1:1 for *how we think*. By allowing AI to write notes for you, you sacrifice autonomy in language. You can express your thoughts and your thinking autonomy by writing stuff down, not asking a bot to regurgitate rote probabilities and then reading that after. Also, productivity is important, but creativity *requires* time to just sit and think. That's how we make connections, not by taking in more content, not by forcing ourselves to produce, but by giving ourselves time and a blank page. It seems like a new generation (of entrepreneurs) is adopting high-promise technology without actually considering what they're giving up. I recommend Forte reads more Ong and McLuhan, and I recommend BigThink produces more *critical* content, which is not exactly the case here.
Ewan, you raise some valid points. The thing people need to realize with ChatGPT though is that it is only effective and useful as your comprehension of the knowledge you’re using it on. Thus if you don’t understand the meaning of what it writes for you, it’s really not helping you at all. It’s just creating a facade for thinking you know something. So it’s not just about "capturing" the knowledge but "distilling" and "expressing" it. Where ChatGPT is helping me is being better able to articulate and "express" my work. But for me to use ChatGPT effectively in this way, I still have to be able to "distill" the knowledge I know and comprehend the meaning of it. Without that comprehension, I can’t critical determine if it’s "expressing" things in the way I want it to do so, thus helping me to communicate my work more clearly overall. BTW this directly relates as to why there is a flood of misinformation in our world today, with ChatGPT contributing to it, due to the way it’s built. It’s because most people do not fully understand and comprehend the meanings of things but assume they do. It’s not just about sitting and thinking about something. It’s about critically reflecting upon it by kind of walking around it in your mind and looking at it from multiple perspectives to fully understand it. Most people don’t do this today. They’ll do a quick Google search, read a snippet about something from one perspective (that often fits in with their worldview or perception of reality) and they suddenly assume they understand it. But they don’t. They’re often misperceiving the meaning of it.
@@nollindwhachell Well put and I really agree with the it however the concept of creative has become or has existed by the influence or perspective of something that already exists. We just make changes by researching something that already exists and call creativity.
This is so true, the new generation of ADHD entrepreneurs think the way to creative success is hyper productivity and to use new technology in all areas of life. But I’ll bet that there never has been a time with a lower percentage of original thinkers among the creative pursuers. There is something about disconnecting and spending time doing nothing that is immensely useful, and that is more or less gone in modern society.
This is a sales pitch filled with false and unwarranted assumptions. Tiago doesn't know what your subconscious is telling you. Tiago doesn't know what the essence of creativity is. Creativity cannot be distilled down to an essence. Increased productivity is not necessarily a measure of value. Tiago's father created many more paintings than Leonardo da Vinci . Does that matter to anyone other than Tiago's father? Maybe in 30 years, Tiago will look back at this video and see what a know-it-all he thought he was.
To anyone reading this. You don’t need a second brain. You don’t need to be a slave to endless note-taking, which is only going to fuel your FOMO. It’s also easy to fall victim to perfecting your note-taking system just to realise that you’re endlessly procrastinating instead of doing something meaningful. So grab your favorite tool that you already know, even if it’s just pen and paper, and actually do somehing. Once you’re done, go take a walk outside instead of writing down random bits of useless information.
Seen this idea on Instagram few years ago. The guy used a camera capture his moment for a whole year, then he went back to the moment with a VR headset to experience it virtually So intriguing
The problem I've found with saving information is that it displaces the need to retain it. So what happens then is that you find yourself needing a third brain to manage your second brain and then a fourth brain to manage your third brain managing your second brain. Why don't people communicate in an age when it can be done instantaneously? Because it can be done instantaneously so there's never any reason not to put it off. "I can do that anytime." And in this counterintuitive fashion that you might call "The law of reverse effort," the technology and timesaving measures that have made it possible to communicate at any time becomes no time. Never. Because the instant you save time, you just spend it again. The more you _can_ save time the more you are expected to save time and the bar just keeps rising. Whereas if the second brain isn't there, you feel the imperative to get something done with brain number one and it actually manifests. Brain number one is the only brain that will ever functionally exist. All these other brains can extend it's capacities in various ways but it always comes back to brain number one. Having two cars sounds better than having one, but you can only ever drive one of them at a time because you only have one body and can't be in two places at once.
This is true until we have ai advancements that allow for a personal traveler to be with us, in our minds, at all times. A chip in our brain will house our partner during our lifespan, helping us to navigate our existence. Once that happens things will change, but until it does, I'm with you.
If each brain were thought of as a language with regards to computers, would second,third, and fouth brains be high level programming languages or abstractions with the first being the low level programming language?
@@boslyporshy6553 What most people these days mean when they say AI is generally Machine Learning (ML). You don't program the AI, you train it. Look up "perceptrons" or find the video about how a lab grown neurons were trained to play Pong. This is essentially how the whole brain works (as best as we understand so far).
Very interesting cause for pause for thought. From experience, I agree with a lot of what you say. The biggest offset to what you mentioned though is that I have larger, overarching, easy to access and recall goals and aims in life, which pretty much all of my "second brain content" is related to. So for example, I don't have an online folder containing info that isn't related to projects I have, which are already ongoing. But yes, you are right, even then there is the danger of overstorage, and having stuff that I'll never refer back to. Hopefully not so much, though. Thanks for your pertinent and thoughtful input.
Absolutely agree. Whenever you try to fragment your mind or self into parts, it creates a conflict of sorts. A manifestation like second brain wont work because it eventually is just you who has to manage it. What works for me is to leverage things like journal as a tool, but in the moment. I dont associate any permanancy to them, no states. I write to forget, not write to retain. I write, I die that moment, I forget and then next moment I wake up is anew just that the last moment's information is this moment's wisdom now.
I don’t think this has anything to do with increasing brain power. It’s just focusing on organisation skills. I have been a high school teacher for a number of years. The only thing that increases brain power is memorisation, more studying and constantly revising. I don’t believe one thing you have said in this clip
Knowledge management is a concept I stumbled upon in the professional world, but that has changed the way I look at information. I am excited for note taking to take a more conversational format with LLMs and AI.
I *hate* trying to keep track of everything. I really do. Reflecting, being a child of the 80's felt OK. I could remember enough, or so it seemed. By the 90's, I definitely needed a planner for my monthly endeavors--sure, that makes sense. But after 200x and 201x, it all just became worse and worse. And here in 202x, it's not even that I *can't* keep track of everything... I DON'T WANT TO ANYMORE. ☠️ There's too much information, it's all WAY too complicated, and it's become meaningless now. The whole "I've done everything within my pay grade" stuff has left me apathetic about existence. And everything else that I'd like to accomplish is totally barred off because of my lifelong financial situation (poverty). 💪😎✌️ What these types of videos show (again and again) is that the wealthy prosper, but the poor will always collapse under their lack of resources. Everything looks better when people are rich, but it's merely that their CLOTHES, makeup, hair, lighting, tools, and techs are better. Nothing more than that. 🐲✨🐲✨🐲✨
One day we'll sort things out à la the French Revolution. I, for one, can't wait. Working class solidarity needs to happen before revolution and they'll continue to mitigate our efforts every chance they get. Once the people realize we actually hold the power things will change.
It's amazing how the practice of writing things down and keeping them organized allows us to grow. I've been using Tiago's system for over a year now and it's taken me leaps ahead of where I was before.
I too have been doing this all my life and am grateful for this affirmative message. It's allowed me to have perfect recall and a huge amount of creativity in my books, music and art.
@@Noor-mu1bl I do notes on a physical white board, on paper, and digital notes or on notion....all work really well, the whiteboard serves specifically for checking things off and overwhelmed list and digital helps amazingly with allowing you to retain ideas or new information
Isn't what he is saying basically just instagram? Or rather some kind of diary/journal, with which in digital era, apps like instagram/snapchat can be utilized as such.
Wow! This is the convergent evolution of self-development. Over time as I experimented with different means of productivity management, I have basically come to the same conclusion. I use a second brain, which is various forms of software, such as notion, excel, notes etc. Not having to use your short term memory "RAM" to store information, when new and important information comes in, I will store it in Notion or other apps, to free up space in my RAM. That has improved my mental clarity tremendously ever since that system of "second brain" is up and running. This idea of RAM also ties into the book called "hyperfocus", which talks about freeing up your attention space. With the rise of ChatGPT, is another revolution, where we will begin to shift how we think about information. Information was always available through google, but with Chat GPT it is able to retrieve that information like a human brain. From now on, we really don't need to remember a lot of information, because it is at our finger tip. Instead we reallyshould work on capturing experiences, non-tangible information. Or even better, creating new and original information. Which then again fundamentally changes how information should be taught, aka how the schooling system should change.
Does this man think that he has developed something new and brilliant? Its called a journal and this idea has existed for thousands of years. But I guess if you call it some thing cool like "a second brain," and add some technology to it, it is a new idea. These tech bros always think they are inventing something new. This is recycled information. A very reductionist view on creativity. Maybe if he has more the 6 mins to explain this concept.
@@mashmooestima9745 I was diagnosed as a kid. However, they say that they are better at identifying it now than they were when I was younger. Mine was pretty noticeable though. Still is, lol. *There are also many Psychology videos online and entire channels dedicated to ADHD.
A family member is now living on her own for the first time and she doesn't use a calendar or a to-do list. I ask her to put something on her to-do list cuz it's not top priority but needs to be done in the next couple of months. Her strategy is to do it now or just remember... While taking care of things as they arrive on our plate is good to a degree, there are too many responsibilities to do that with everything and some things can be deferred to later. To-do list helps. To-do list is risky tool too cuz too many ppl make a list item "finish that online course" which is a big task and everytime you look at it, can't check it off so it's a sense of fail. Gotta make smaller tasks like "spend half hour on that course tomorrow".
This is a work of art. I read a book with similar content, and it was truly a work of art. "Unlocking the Brain's Full Potential" by Alexander Sterling
Big Think is one of the most greatest channel to ever exist and i can proudly say that. You guys go in to such great topics that help to develop a person.But there is one main flaw in how you present your videos. In todays work you need to express complex information in an easier and shorter manner but immediately when i click in your video one intelectual person shows up( no offense) and keeps on talking using complex word. You know one of the reasons why trump won is that he conveyed complex words in simple language and in a fun way. What you have is great concepts but boring execution. yOU Guys have a person who stands or sit infront of a white wall and keeps on talking. Try to make your concepts simpler and easier along with fun to understand.(love you)
Cool, what does he really says that my subconscious tries to tell me there's some novelty here ? Nothing much basically. It's an ad for his business, at best. And @bigthink, this kind of say-nothing adtertainment is not great content.
Why he say our brains haven't evolved even though it just hasn't gotten bigger? What if it has gotten more complex? No that we vatted some brains we can actually track it.
I love this approach, being a recovering porn addict I've found jotting things down, such as emotions and situations have lead me to create a second brain of sorts.
Systems count Write news down Creativity and productivity are 2 faces of the same coin Being creative is reforming what is already somewhere but in a new way
I've been using a word document on my Google drive to accomplish this practice. Its a great way to store nuggets of wisdom that might otherwise be forgotten. Recently I had been grappling with the tough decision to continue a romantic relationship or to end it. One of the quotes I had saved in my digital commonplace book lead me to my confident decision: " It's not how much they say they love you, its how at peace they make you feel".
I'm trying to understand why they go back in history on how they did it? I feel that from history, we have learned, and based on this, we are on this present time. We need to forecast the future and prepare our own brains to adapt to the change. I think looking back and repeating what they did in the past will get us nowhere. . .
God loves you and takes care of you for the arrival of this message to you. God is the one who created this universe and He is the one who controls it. The biggest loss that a person loses in this life is to live while he does not know God and the Messenger of Muhammad, the last of the prophets and the Islamic religion, the last of the heavenly religions. From the great intelligence of any person before he He believes in something or does not believe in it, that he read it, study it, and understand it well, and then he has the choice and judgment on it. I advise you to do so before you do not have time for that.
when I was younger I thought of creativity as combinatorics as in math. I then witnessed state of minds where creativity was not caused by thinking but a brilliant solution to a complex problem just happened by seeing the problem, e.g. in chess. I'm confident that it is just the amount of awareness that increases creativity, and the intelligent solution just happens. so thinking is really a dumbing down of the brain into abstract, fragmented pieces
3:38 but how do I write the geeling that goes away with time? As mentioned art is great if one is good at expressing, hard when own feelings are cant evem be expressed in memes.
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Highlights:
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How to double your brain power: ruclips.net/video/1Xi4fMfwsQg/видео.html
Master divergent and convergent thinking: ruclips.net/video/UsccvWvHgyQ/видео.html
Elon is that you?
The younger, less stressful clone of Elon I guess
AI generated second elon.
It's his second brain 🧠.
No elon is the evil twin of whoever this guy is haha
I almost unsubscribed from this channel because I thought it was
Already been doing this for a couple of years using Google docs and Keep. This works! Capturing emotions makes you rich enough to process more emotions because your past emotions are resolved. Writing things sorts your head and makes it ready to take more. Just be wary of not getting too obsessive about how much you capture and how well you organize it. The intent is to be organic here.
Great insight, thank you! 🤔⚡️💡
But how do you use Google docs? Do you just put everyting in a single document?
How do you use keep?
Please share with us how you use those apps to organize things
Same ! And getting hacked is like getting physically attacked but to our deepest parts
Ive been doing this for years now using my notes app on icloud. I have "buckets" and folders/groups for organizing everything from to do lists, large life goals, research notes, reflective writing, etc on and on...its been inteersting seeing my collection grow over the years (almost 2,000+ notes now) and going back to figure out what can be consolidated or regrouped differently. Really has changed the way I move and think about my knowledge archives.
Am doing the same using onenote. Amazing insight
This is very impressive
It's really when you go back and collect/organize notes, possibly merging thoughts from many years ago, that you realize how valuable this technique is
Obsidian might be a better alternative.
it's interesting. while i always considered doing this, i also worried that there was always a scary potential for losing notes, either they get burned or lost or whatever, or the cloud service i keep my notes on gets corrupted for any reason etc.
another issue i personally considered was how accessible the knowledge really is if i have to consult with my notes to remind me, and to revert back to my first point, if you somehow lose access to these notes for any reason, what use they ever have?
i am definitely nit picking though, i think i would love to take notes if i just wasn't so much more worried about losing them than taking them :P
“Productivity is kind of half of the coin of creativity.” That’s so true and I’m working hard on that one! 😅
The other side of the coin*
Sounds like he’s trying to sell us journals like it’s this big new idea
Yes he's talking about something like a Journal, but an intelligent 1, suggesting past experiences and drawing pattern. Paper journals can't do that, unless you pour time re-reading
Quick question:
How do I get the first brain?
xD | But in all seriousness, meditation and Kundalini awakening will essentially upgrade you as a human in a very substantial manner
Building a Second Brain helps you to create a metaphorical mirror that helps you to reflect upon and evolve your first brain. It’s not just about "filling your cup" up with more information so you can be just more productive but about expanding your cup and your "presence", so you gain the capacity to understand and make sense of more complexity in life.
What if my first brain argues or doesn’t agree with my second brain? Hopefully one would be in charge.
@@LordBrittish I love your response! It’s so poignant! Actually they will "argue" with one another. It’s natural because your first brain, the ego part of it, is often driven by expectations of society to "fit in to survive." But over time, if you capture surprising and novel things as Tiago noted, your Second Brain will help your first brain to reflect upon and realize it wants to explore something deeper within itself, a larger sense of Self. One that can help you to "step out and thrive" in a newer unique way. But taking those steps and exploring something beyond what society expects of you can feel risky which is why this internal tension or arguing ensues with yourself. But in time, your Second Brain can help you to creatively "step out of your own way" (Alfonso Montuori) so the ego in your first brain begins to work with you rather than against you.
@@anmolagrawal5358 LOL, you can keep your hocus pocus BS. Meditation is wonderful though.
The historical element of what this guy says is incredibly sus. This happens a lot when people from outside the field of history try to engage with it to justify whatever it is that they are doing. I really question the idea that people took notes when times were complex, any more than times were simple, or indeed how he defines what a complex or simple time might have been.
And isnt a second brain essentially just taking notes all in one place. Like your phone?
At the same time, I love this concept and I’m definitely reading his book. ❤️ thanks for sharing your ideas with the world.
So virtual scrapbooking? The glories of this digital future truly know no limits.
comment beats content.
thanks!
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Sounds a lot like bits and pieces from already existing self-help methods thrown around superficially. The idea of self reflection and journalling to boost creativity and productivity is already in abundance with many authors and gurus suggesting it's transformational capabilities, the only new thing here is uploading materials onto a 'virtual' platform and the captivating bold claim that it would grow a second brain
That's the first time I realize how compact bigthink videos are - I've consumed a lot from tiago, and this video basically just "opens this chapter" in a really nice, friendly, and genuine way.
That's literally just the "why you should have a second brain" component, and like... One toe in the water on how to start. Crazy how condensed that is, and I kind of... Don't needed it. I'm heads in, for months, really deep thinking this would get me further in, but it was rather a really good summary :D
Think I might use bigthink just for that in the future; what are big life areas I should pay more attention to.
I love how they captured the essence of their work in the video so perfectly.
I love it when a respected expert recommends that I do something that I have already been doing for quite some time. It makes me feel like I am not a complete blockhead :)
yea i am in shock right now, i thought i was just weird for doing this.
Big Think is the best RUclips Channel...its even more than a YT channel,these videos literally pour optimism,inspiration,knowledge...they give me a feeling of life each video I watch ,Makes me want to get out there see the world,create,explore,experience. Thank You for this feeling
That channel is so underrated. Every episode is new knowledgde. Thanks for your job!!
That's great. Yesterday I saw a similar insight from Professor of Art History Alka Hingorani where she talked about exactly the same thing. Over time this little duration of time that you take out for yourself would eventually define who you are as a person. And would make seemingly unconnected things come under one large connection. Beautiful video.
Look, I use Notion and appreciate it a lot. But Tiago talks elsewhere about integrating ChatGPT into his second brain, as a tool. How could anyone think that's a good idea? Language is as close as we get to a 1:1 for *how we think*. By allowing AI to write notes for you, you sacrifice autonomy in language. You can express your thoughts and your thinking autonomy by writing stuff down, not asking a bot to regurgitate rote probabilities and then reading that after.
Also, productivity is important, but creativity *requires* time to just sit and think. That's how we make connections, not by taking in more content, not by forcing ourselves to produce, but by giving ourselves time and a blank page.
It seems like a new generation (of entrepreneurs) is adopting high-promise technology without actually considering what they're giving up. I recommend Forte reads more Ong and McLuhan, and I recommend BigThink produces more *critical* content, which is not exactly the case here.
Ewan, you raise some valid points. The thing people need to realize with ChatGPT though is that it is only effective and useful as your comprehension of the knowledge you’re using it on. Thus if you don’t understand the meaning of what it writes for you, it’s really not helping you at all. It’s just creating a facade for thinking you know something.
So it’s not just about "capturing" the knowledge but "distilling" and "expressing" it. Where ChatGPT is helping me is being better able to articulate and "express" my work. But for me to use ChatGPT effectively in this way, I still have to be able to "distill" the knowledge I know and comprehend the meaning of it. Without that comprehension, I can’t critical determine if it’s "expressing" things in the way I want it to do so, thus helping me to communicate my work more clearly overall.
BTW this directly relates as to why there is a flood of misinformation in our world today, with ChatGPT contributing to it, due to the way it’s built. It’s because most people do not fully understand and comprehend the meanings of things but assume they do. It’s not just about sitting and thinking about something. It’s about critically reflecting upon it by kind of walking around it in your mind and looking at it from multiple perspectives to fully understand it. Most people don’t do this today. They’ll do a quick Google search, read a snippet about something from one perspective (that often fits in with their worldview or perception of reality) and they suddenly assume they understand it. But they don’t. They’re often misperceiving the meaning of it.
100% with you on this.
You said everything Ewan, people keep thinking that technology is always the solution for a more "efficient/productive world".
@@nollindwhachell Well put and I really agree with the it however the concept of creative has become or has existed by the influence or perspective of something that already exists. We just make changes by researching something that already exists and call creativity.
This is so true, the new generation of ADHD entrepreneurs think the way to creative success is hyper productivity and to use new technology in all areas of life. But I’ll bet that there never has been a time with a lower percentage of original thinkers among the creative pursuers. There is something about disconnecting and spending time doing nothing that is immensely useful, and that is more or less gone in modern society.
This is a sales pitch filled with false and unwarranted assumptions. Tiago doesn't know what your subconscious is telling you. Tiago doesn't know what the essence of creativity is. Creativity cannot be distilled down to an essence. Increased productivity is not necessarily a measure of value. Tiago's father created many more paintings than Leonardo da Vinci . Does that matter to anyone other than Tiago's father? Maybe in 30 years, Tiago will look back at this video and see what a know-it-all he thought he was.
Too much common sense and no science and studies at all.. (and clickbait title).
Nah for real
To anyone reading this. You don’t need a second brain. You don’t need to be a slave to endless note-taking, which is only going to fuel your FOMO. It’s also easy to fall victim to perfecting your note-taking system just to realise that you’re endlessly procrastinating instead of doing something meaningful. So grab your favorite tool that you already know, even if it’s just pen and paper, and actually do somehing. Once you’re done, go take a walk outside instead of writing down random bits of useless information.
Seen this idea on Instagram few years ago. The guy used a camera capture his moment for a whole year, then he went back to the moment with a VR headset to experience it virtually
So intriguing
I just spent 6 minutes watching a guy describe my cell phone to me
The problem I've found with saving information is that it displaces the need to retain it. So what happens then is that you find yourself needing a third brain to manage your second brain and then a fourth brain to manage your third brain managing your second brain.
Why don't people communicate in an age when it can be done instantaneously? Because it can be done instantaneously so there's never any reason not to put it off. "I can do that anytime." And in this counterintuitive fashion that you might call "The law of reverse effort," the technology and timesaving measures that have made it possible to communicate at any time becomes no time. Never. Because the instant you save time, you just spend it again. The more you _can_ save time the more you are expected to save time and the bar just keeps rising.
Whereas if the second brain isn't there, you feel the imperative to get something done with brain number one and it actually manifests. Brain number one is the only brain that will ever functionally exist. All these other brains can extend it's capacities in various ways but it always comes back to brain number one. Having two cars sounds better than having one, but you can only ever drive one of them at a time because you only have one body and can't be in two places at once.
This is true until we have ai advancements that allow for a personal traveler to be with us, in our minds, at all times. A chip in our brain will house our partner during our lifespan, helping us to navigate our existence. Once that happens things will change, but until it does, I'm with you.
If each brain were thought of as a language with regards to computers, would second,third, and fouth brains be high level programming languages or abstractions with the first being the low level programming language?
@@boslyporshy6553 What most people these days mean when they say AI is generally Machine Learning (ML). You don't program the AI, you train it. Look up "perceptrons" or find the video about how a lab grown neurons were trained to play Pong. This is essentially how the whole brain works (as best as we understand so far).
Very interesting cause for pause for thought. From experience, I agree with a lot of what you say. The biggest offset to what you mentioned though is that I have larger, overarching, easy to access and recall goals and aims in life, which pretty much all of my "second brain content" is related to. So for example, I don't have an online folder containing info that isn't related to projects I have, which are already ongoing. But yes, you are right, even then there is the danger of overstorage, and having stuff that I'll never refer back to. Hopefully not so much, though. Thanks for your pertinent and thoughtful input.
Absolutely agree. Whenever you try to fragment your mind or self into parts, it creates a conflict of sorts. A manifestation like second brain wont work because it eventually is just you who has to manage it. What works for me is to leverage things like journal as a tool, but in the moment. I dont associate any permanancy to them, no states. I write to forget, not write to retain. I write, I die that moment, I forget and then next moment I wake up is anew just that the last moment's information is this moment's wisdom now.
I don’t think this has anything to do with increasing brain power. It’s just focusing on organisation skills. I have been a high school teacher for a number of years. The only thing that increases brain power is memorisation, more studying and constantly revising. I don’t believe one thing you have said in this clip
"Second brain" aka a journal
Knowledge management is a concept I stumbled upon in the professional world, but that has changed the way I look at information. I am excited for note taking to take a more conversational format with LLMs and AI.
I *hate* trying to keep track of everything. I really do. Reflecting, being a child of the 80's felt OK. I could remember enough, or so it seemed. By the 90's, I definitely needed a planner for my monthly endeavors--sure, that makes sense. But after 200x and 201x, it all just became worse and worse. And here in 202x, it's not even that I *can't* keep track of everything... I DON'T WANT TO ANYMORE. ☠️ There's too much information, it's all WAY too complicated, and it's become meaningless now. The whole "I've done everything within my pay grade" stuff has left me apathetic about existence. And everything else that I'd like to accomplish is totally barred off because of my lifelong financial situation (poverty). 💪😎✌️
What these types of videos show (again and again) is that the wealthy prosper, but the poor will always collapse under their lack of resources. Everything looks better when people are rich, but it's merely that their CLOTHES, makeup, hair, lighting, tools, and techs are better. Nothing more than that.
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One day we'll sort things out à la the French Revolution. I, for one, can't wait. Working class solidarity needs to happen before revolution and they'll continue to mitigate our efforts every chance they get. Once the people realize we actually hold the power things will change.
As long as he understands what he talks about.....
Note making for an exam::
It's amazing how the practice of writing things down and keeping them organized allows us to grow. I've been using Tiago's system for over a year now and it's taken me leaps ahead of where I was before.
I too have been doing this all my life and am grateful for this affirmative message. It's allowed me to have perfect recall and a huge amount of creativity in my books, music and art.
May I know if you’ve done it digitally or not? Because I want to start doing this but I’m little bit confused
@@Noor-mu1bl I do notes on a physical white board, on paper, and digital notes or on notion....all work really well, the whiteboard serves specifically for checking things off and overwhelmed list and digital helps amazingly with allowing you to retain ideas or new information
@@amethystamaris thank you so much!
I think my brain has improved 2x thanks for this shit !!
So he's selling a journal app on your phone?
Immediately thought the same thing.
"wrikitng stuff down" is your ivention? wtf...
This guy looks like Elon Musk and Elon Musk had a baby.
Smells like bull over here. Basically just an advertisement for a product as promising as the "metaverse" that we're all so immersed in now.
agreed. you also can't force productivity on creativity.
Having second brain means more overthinking.. so.. I think I'll pass with this haha jk
"You can't Google a feeling." that's BARS
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Isn't what he is saying basically just instagram? Or rather some kind of diary/journal, with which in digital era, apps like instagram/snapchat can be utilized as such.
dude looks like if elon musk started selling drugs
I believe him 💯 that how he helped his brother Elon achieve so much success ❤
for a sec I thought he was Elon Musk 😂😅
Me: I want elon
Mom: we have elon at home
Elon at home:
Elon Musk's AI version:D
I’ve been keeping TONS of journals for many years. I document everything. It really helps.
This is the exact opposite of what he is saying
I was like Elon lost hella weight
Wow! This is the convergent evolution of self-development. Over time as I experimented with different means of productivity management, I have basically come to the same conclusion. I use a second brain, which is various forms of software, such as notion, excel, notes etc. Not having to use your short term memory "RAM" to store information, when new and important information comes in, I will store it in Notion or other apps, to free up space in my RAM. That has improved my mental clarity tremendously ever since that system of "second brain" is up and running. This idea of RAM also ties into the book called "hyperfocus", which talks about freeing up your attention space. With the rise of ChatGPT, is another revolution, where we will begin to shift how we think about information. Information was always available through google, but with Chat GPT it is able to retrieve that information like a human brain. From now on, we really don't need to remember a lot of information, because it is at our finger tip. Instead we reallyshould work on capturing experiences, non-tangible information. Or even better, creating new and original information. Which then again fundamentally changes how information should be taught, aka how the schooling system should change.
I've got a second brain, it's called a wife.
Evernote is my second brain 🧠💪
OMG I've been unconsciously doing this for a long time 😱
Mom I want Elon Musk
Mom: We already have Elon Musk at home
Elon Musk at home:
This seems very similar to GTD. I am intrested but how is it different than GTD?
Elon's brother 😲
Elon sharing his secrets
Does this man think that he has developed something new and brilliant? Its called a journal and this idea has existed for thousands of years. But I guess if you call it some thing cool like "a second brain," and add some technology to it, it is a new idea. These tech bros always think they are inventing something new. This is recycled information. A very reductionist view on creativity. Maybe if he has more the 6 mins to explain this concept.
He looks like a Tiago Musk
this is elon musk. 🗿
Microdose LSD.
I can’t imagine what my ADHD brain would do with another brain. It’s mind boggling.
Probably have more ADHD since ADHD is characterized by ceaseless mental activity.
Why does everyone suddenly have ADHD and never fail to mention it whenever they possibly can
@@mashmooestima9745 idk, but it’s triggering my ADHD.
@@mashmooestima9745 I was diagnosed as a kid. However, they say that they are better at identifying it now than they were when I was younger. Mine was pretty noticeable though. Still is, lol.
*There are also many Psychology videos online and entire channels dedicated to ADHD.
so you're telling me I've watched 2fckn minutes and didn't realise it's not Elon musk!!!!!!!🌚
Elon is that you?
A family member is now living on her own for the first time and she doesn't use a calendar or a to-do list. I ask her to put something on her to-do list cuz it's not top priority but needs to be done in the next couple of months. Her strategy is to do it now or just remember... While taking care of things as they arrive on our plate is good to a degree, there are too many responsibilities to do that with everything and some things can be deferred to later. To-do list helps. To-do list is risky tool too cuz too many ppl make a list item "finish that online course" which is a big task and everytime you look at it, can't check it off so it's a sense of fail. Gotta make smaller tasks like "spend half hour on that course tomorrow".
So “have a diary” in 2023 form of “omg I’m such a genius tech tech tech look at my slideshow have a diary”
Poop
Elon doppelganger, so close literally the whole video is impossible to follow because of it
This is Pinterest….. I’m sure you could improve that product but this describes Pinterest.
I ended up doing this naturally cause I saw it as the only logical answer.
This is a work of art. I read a book with similar content, and it was truly a work of art. "Unlocking the Brain's Full Potential" by Alexander Sterling
Misleading thumbnail. The music and b rolls was over profound for the content. Sry.
Commonplace book? Sounds like Facebook needs to pivot away from purely the echo chamber it's turning into. It needs a journaling feature app
Wait , Elon!!!
Soooo, Big Think has basically devolved into selling advertisement space?
I have a notebook called “Brain Extension” and it's nice to find this video to improve it
The ballet and the compass scene at 5:56 matches perfectly with the closing argument!
Big Think is one of the most greatest channel to ever exist and i can proudly say that. You guys go in to such great topics that help to develop a person.But there is one main flaw in how you present your videos. In todays work you need to express complex information in an easier and shorter manner but immediately when i click in your video one intelectual person shows up( no offense) and keeps on talking using complex word. You know one of the reasons why trump won is that he conveyed complex words in simple language and in a fun way. What you have is great concepts but boring execution. yOU Guys have a person who stands or sit infront of a white wall and keeps on talking. Try to make your concepts simpler and easier along with fun to understand.(love you)
Cool, what does he really says that my subconscious tries to tell me there's some novelty here ? Nothing much basically. It's an ad for his business, at best. And @bigthink, this kind of say-nothing adtertainment is not great content.
It's a commercial for his brainchip. They had to change title from "You need a second brain" to make it less obvious.
Why he say our brains haven't evolved even though it just hasn't gotten bigger? What if it has gotten more complex? No that we vatted some brains we can actually track it.
Hey he looks like Elon musk wat if he acts as Elon musk for Elon musk biography please don't mind it's just something in my mind I shared
5:50 okay, so we need to be multidisciplinary to be creative. Interesting.
I wish the editing in these videos wasn't so ironically distracting. it feels like the editor wants to illustrate EACH WORD he says. it's so tiring.
It DOES look like Elon! 😂
Like a non-insecure non-douche Elon. Nice.
I love this approach, being a recovering porn addict I've found jotting things down, such as emotions and situations have lead me to create a second brain of sorts.
Systems count
Write news down
Creativity and productivity are 2 faces of the same coin
Being creative is reforming what is already somewhere but in a new way
The original Elon Musk prototype 😂 great video tho seriously
All wrong, the brain was mush advanced back in the days when the pyramids were built and other structures
Lovely title but your presentation of the subject was unmoving.
Most of the Big Think videos move too slowly and the language is repetitive. Not enough data is being transferred for the amount of time spent.
This is a well-crafted video production.
Kudos to the architect(s).
I've been using a word document on my Google drive to accomplish this practice. Its a great way to store nuggets of wisdom that might otherwise be forgotten.
Recently I had been grappling with the tough decision to continue a romantic relationship or to end it. One of the quotes I had saved in my digital commonplace book lead me to my confident decision: " It's not how much they say they love you, its how at peace they make you feel".
I'm trying to understand why they go back in history on how they did it? I feel that from history, we have learned, and based on this, we are on this present time. We need to forecast the future and prepare our own brains to adapt to the change. I think looking back and repeating what they did in the past will get us nowhere.
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Information overload
*This guy looks a bit like Elon?
God loves you and takes care of you for the arrival of this message to you. God is the one who created this universe and He is the one who controls it. The biggest loss that a person loses in this life is to live while he does not know God and the Messenger of Muhammad, the last of the prophets and the Islamic religion, the last of the heavenly religions. From the great intelligence of any person before he He believes in something or does not believe in it, that he read it, study it, and understand it well, and then he has the choice and judgment on it. I advise you to do so before you do not have time for that.
when I was younger I thought of creativity as combinatorics as in math. I then witnessed state of minds where creativity was not caused by thinking but a brilliant solution to a complex problem just happened by seeing the problem, e.g. in chess. I'm confident that it is just the amount of awareness that increases creativity, and the intelligent solution just happens. so thinking is really a dumbing down of the brain into abstract, fragmented pieces
3:38 but how do I write the geeling that goes away with time?
As mentioned art is great if one is good at expressing, hard when own feelings are cant evem be expressed in memes.
In reality it’s just another thing to manage. The thing of things. Better off going down a minimalist path if noise is really a problem.
Banalities for children. Big Think?Muahahahaha.
Creativity is channeling feeling from one medium to another
When AI has already achieved this, our digital twins are o ly a subscription and advertisers data hub away.
Did you just make a video for tech bros telling them to start journaling? Lol