The next stage is to write from those highlights a note with your own words and link it to your other relevant notes. It builds a library of notes YOU have written, ready to be used if you want in your next writing project. And even if you don't use it per se, the effort of reformulating and synthesizing the information will help understand and memorize it.
Incorporating Progressive Summarization into Note-Taking for Enhanced Discoverability Progressive summarization is a powerful technique that can revolutionize your note-taking habits, making your notes more informative and easily accessible. This method involves layering multiple rounds of summarization onto your notes, ultimately creating a comprehensive and efficient resource. Here's a breakdown of how it works: **Layer 1: Capturing the Essentials** - Begin by capturing the most important excerpts from what you're reading or listening to. - Focus on the parts that are interesting, useful, personal, or surprising. - These excerpts serve as the foundation for your summarization process. **Layer 2: Bolding the Main Points** - In the second layer, go through your captured excerpts and bold the main points. - This step further distills the content, highlighting the key takeaways. - With bolded main points, you can quickly grasp the essence of your notes. **Layer 3: Highlighting for Long or Valuable Notes** - Layer 3 is reserved for notes that are particularly long, interesting, or valuable. - Use your notes app's highlighting feature (or underlining) to mark important passages. - These highlighted sections should be concise, capturing the essence of the source. This method saves time and energy, allowing you to navigate your notes swiftly and gather diverse ideas, making your knowledge more accessible and valuable.
2:58: ["Speed" is everything] when it come to ["discovering" your past notes]. (I try using 3 layers too, with all format that youtube give me in the comment 🤣: sentence + bracket + quote)
I’m college student, if only i had money or my allowance can afford this, i will surely buy this, this idea is priceless for me as a pharmacy student who study a lot
Progressive Summarization is a "game changer" for me: for many years, I've been looking for a way to synthesize the books I read. I always make highlights and notes, but they are usually extensive. I even read "How to read a book", by Mortimer Adler (excellent book, by the way!), but even in it I didn't get a technique for what I needed. Now, with Progressive Summarization, I have the best of both worlds: a very compact summary without losing depth. Thinking about these "multiple layers" and the idea that we move between them, it made me have an insight about a constitutional law class that talked about human rights: some authors, speak "generations" of human rights (1st individual freedoms. ; 2nd social rights, ...). But it is preferable to say "dimensions" of human rights, as one does not exclude the other, they are cumulative. This is so that I also saw the layers of Progressive Summarization.
I have always seen this as over the top. But, everyone works different, of course. A source note with highlights is enough for me to use in my projects.
Bought your book a few days ago. And find a notion template base on your concept made by Red Gregory very helpful. Now i understand it alot better. Thank you so much ❤❤❤😁😁😁
"Add a footnote to link the original." You are assuming that web page will be around in the future. Better to make a PDF copy (Print to pdf) And attach it to your note.
Dear Tiago, Thank you for sharing this RUclips script on progressive summarization. I appreciate the effort in explaining how to enhance note-taking and highlighting. However, I have some concerns and would like to provide a critical comment regarding the lack of a clear objective or purpose for engaging in this extensive marking process. While the script provides a detailed explanation of the technique, I find myself questioning the specific benefits or reasons for undertaking such elaborate highlighting. The script emphasizes time and energy savings, but I'm left wondering: what is the tangible value I would derive from this approach? It would have been helpful if the script had highlighted specific advantages or practical scenarios to justify this method of highlighting. For instance, it could have explored the benefits of efficient review and quick access to crucial information in the future. Alternatively, the script could have mentioned how this technique aids in synthesizing complex concepts or making connections between different ideas. Without a clear understanding of the ultimate goal or purpose behind this concept, it becomes difficult to fully appreciate the value it brings. I believe addressing this concern would greatly enhance the overall effectiveness and applicability of the progressive summarization technique. Thank you for considering my feedback.
Many notetaking apps (e.g. Notion) now offer AI-powered summarisation. Unfortunately these features have a fatal flaw: they don't take into account personal meaning, so they just distil the entire body. An AI that looks for parts we have highlighted and summarised with heavy weighting on that would be absolutely killer. AI-powered progressive summarisation!
Hey Tiago, What would you say the best process would be to use this method if you are reading a hard cover book rather than a reading device that you can highlight and transfer over?
Since I already highlight articles in evernote, I think what I will do is reverse bold and highlight. And perhaps underline If the article with highlight is already in the evernote
Even though turning detailed notes into 'Progressively Summarized' notes or alternatively 'atomic' notes is useful, what about the downsides. There is loss of context, and it also takes a lot of time, especially if all we want to find and use those notes again later. And if such refined notes are never published, what’s the point? Maybe using tags and queries to find what we need more easily is a better way to avoid these issues?
Interesting technique! However, it only works if you need to keep the source material, for example, if you're doing a literature review. If you need to absorb the material, make a summary, using your own words and connections, without consulting the source material.
Hi Tiago, I really like this summary method? Do you create three seperate notes for each layer of summarisation (ie to just the distilled points) or do all summaries on one note? Why? Thanks.
Thank you Tiago for such wonderful tips. How do we summarize if the book needs images to better understand and connect the dots? Like photography learning books.
Hmm. I have come to see highlighting a complete waste of time after reading How to Take Smart Notes from Sönke Ahrens. I was hoping to find a technique to describe reading detailed material and summarizing it. Then stepping back and summarizing the summaries. And put that on repeat until you can't go any further without it being useless.
very helpful. thats great, thanks! and how do you save something you hear from an audio? do you have an app that transcribes audio clips (from audible, ted talks, youtube, social media, etc)?
The next stage is to write from those highlights a note with your own words and link it to your other relevant notes.
It builds a library of notes YOU have written, ready to be used if you want in your next writing project.
And even if you don't use it per se, the effort of reformulating and synthesizing the information will help understand and memorize it.
this is also how he explains it in his book. I am wondering why this step is missing in this video
Incorporating Progressive Summarization into Note-Taking for Enhanced Discoverability
Progressive summarization is a powerful technique that can revolutionize your note-taking habits, making your notes more informative and easily accessible. This method involves layering multiple rounds of summarization onto your notes, ultimately creating a comprehensive and efficient resource. Here's a breakdown of how it works:
**Layer 1: Capturing the Essentials**
- Begin by capturing the most important excerpts from what you're reading or listening to.
- Focus on the parts that are interesting, useful, personal, or surprising.
- These excerpts serve as the foundation for your summarization process.
**Layer 2: Bolding the Main Points**
- In the second layer, go through your captured excerpts and bold the main points.
- This step further distills the content, highlighting the key takeaways.
- With bolded main points, you can quickly grasp the essence of your notes.
**Layer 3: Highlighting for Long or Valuable Notes**
- Layer 3 is reserved for notes that are particularly long, interesting, or valuable.
- Use your notes app's highlighting feature (or underlining) to mark important passages.
- These highlighted sections should be concise, capturing the essence of the source.
This method saves time and energy, allowing you to navigate your notes swiftly and gather diverse ideas, making your knowledge more accessible and valuable.
2:58: ["Speed" is everything] when it come to ["discovering" your past notes]. (I try using 3 layers too, with all format that youtube give me in the comment 🤣: sentence + bracket + quote)
I’m college student, if only i had money or my allowance can afford this, i will surely buy this, this idea is priceless for me as a pharmacy student who study a lot
Progressive Summarization is a "game changer" for me: for many years, I've been looking for a way to synthesize the books I read. I always make highlights and notes, but they are usually extensive. I even read "How to read a book", by Mortimer Adler (excellent book, by the way!), but even in it I didn't get a technique for what I needed.
Now, with Progressive Summarization, I have the best of both worlds: a very compact summary without losing depth.
Thinking about these "multiple layers" and the idea that we move between them, it made me have an insight about a constitutional law class that talked about human rights: some authors, speak "generations" of human rights (1st individual freedoms. ; 2nd social rights, ...). But it is preferable to say "dimensions" of human rights, as one does not exclude the other, they are cumulative. This is so that I also saw the layers of Progressive Summarization.
I have always seen this as over the top.
But, everyone works different, of course.
A source note with highlights is enough for me to use in my projects.
Bought your book a few days ago. And find a notion template base on your concept made by Red Gregory very helpful. Now i understand it alot better. Thank you so much ❤❤❤😁😁😁
"Add a footnote to link the original." You are assuming that web page will be around in the future. Better to make a PDF copy (Print to pdf) And attach it to your note.
I agree. But as Thomas Richardson pointed it is not very scalable. Anyway, for things that I found very important to me, I do what you suggest
What about censorship or companies that no longer host this info. Hard drives are cheap. Save it all. Or make your own nextcloud to save it
@Thomas Richardson I only have less than 100 notes. I am just getting started. Why do you think it is not scale-able? Because of hard disk size?
Archiving the webpage on the Internet Archive is a good option too!
@@_noahbanks I didn't think about it, but you are absolutely right
Thank you so much for this video, you have good ideas 💡, deep thoughts 💭, and make people understand you greatly ❤🙂.
And with Craft and Notion having AI built in this will be a good way to summarize as well.
Very helpful. Thank you.
Dear Tiago,
Thank you for sharing this RUclips script on progressive summarization. I appreciate the effort in explaining how to enhance note-taking and highlighting. However, I have some concerns and would like to provide a critical comment regarding the lack of a clear objective or purpose for engaging in this extensive marking process.
While the script provides a detailed explanation of the technique, I find myself questioning the specific benefits or reasons for undertaking such elaborate highlighting. The script emphasizes time and energy savings, but I'm left wondering: what is the tangible value I would derive from this approach?
It would have been helpful if the script had highlighted specific advantages or practical scenarios to justify this method of highlighting. For instance, it could have explored the benefits of efficient review and quick access to crucial information in the future. Alternatively, the script could have mentioned how this technique aids in synthesizing complex concepts or making connections between different ideas.
Without a clear understanding of the ultimate goal or purpose behind this concept, it becomes difficult to fully appreciate the value it brings. I believe addressing this concern would greatly enhance the overall effectiveness and applicability of the progressive summarization technique.
Thank you for considering my feedback.
It’s part of a course ;-)
Many notetaking apps (e.g. Notion) now offer AI-powered summarisation. Unfortunately these features have a fatal flaw: they don't take into account personal meaning, so they just distil the entire body.
An AI that looks for parts we have highlighted and summarised with heavy weighting on that would be absolutely killer. AI-powered progressive summarisation!
Agreed
Hey Tiago,
What would you say the best process would be to use this method if you are reading a hard cover book rather than a reading device that you can highlight and transfer over?
Since I already highlight articles in evernote, I think what I will do is reverse bold and highlight. And perhaps underline If the article with highlight is already in the evernote
Even though turning detailed notes into 'Progressively Summarized' notes or alternatively 'atomic' notes is useful,
what about the downsides.
There is loss of context,
and it also takes a lot of time,
especially if all we want to find and use those notes again later.
And if such refined notes are never published, what’s the point?
Maybe using tags and queries to find what we need more easily is a better way to avoid these issues?
Interesting technique! However, it only works if you need to keep the source material, for example, if you're doing a literature review. If you need to absorb the material, make a summary, using your own words and connections, without consulting the source material.
Hi Tiago, I really like this summary method? Do you create three seperate notes for each layer of summarisation (ie to just the distilled points) or do all summaries on one note? Why? Thanks.
What note Take app are you using in this video.
He uses Evernote
Curti, Tiago!
Thank you Tiago for such wonderful tips. How do we summarize if the book needs images to better understand and connect the dots? Like photography learning books.
Save the best bits (take photos) and write why it resonates, and amend that description each time you come back
remember: speed is everything. 🛸
Muito bom
Is this not just an atomic note with extra steps
Tell me more
What is the name of the app??
Evernote
I hope you add the translation into Arabic
Hmm. I have come to see highlighting a complete waste of time after reading How to Take Smart Notes from Sönke Ahrens.
I was hoping to find a technique to describe reading detailed material and summarizing it. Then stepping back and summarizing the summaries. And put that on repeat until you can't go any further without it being useless.
Great Video thanks
Very good Tiago!
very helpful. thats great, thanks! and how do you save something you hear from an audio? do you have an app that transcribes audio clips (from audible, ted talks, youtube, social media, etc)?
Lots of different solutions per app, but most often I just write down bits of what I remember or like after or while I listen
Look up Tana and Readwise Reader. Both are 10/10 solutions for what you’re asking. For podcasts, look up Snipd.