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The Informed Life

Aidan Helfant on PKM for Learning

Jul 30, 2023
35:21

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Quick takeaways

  • PKM is like a game with goals, rules, participation, and feedback loops that make it engaging and effective.
  • Treating PKM as an infinite game allows for continuous learning and personal growth, as it enables the development of a compounding knowledge base.

Deep dives

Aiden's Journey to Personal Knowledge Management

Aiden Helpont, a college student, shares how he discovered personal knowledge management (PKM) and how it transformed his learning. He highlights the impact of Tiago Forte's Building a Second Brain course in his decision to shift his addiction from video games to a more productive game of improving his information organization skills. He equates PKM to a game and discusses the goals, rules, voluntary participation, feedback loop, and gameplay loop that make PKM engaging and effective. Aiden also emphasizes the importance of treating PKM as an infinite game, where the goal is to keep playing and continually develop a knowledge base that compounds over time.

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