

Knowledge Management and Deugenesis (with Jeremy Nixon)
Build an External Brain
- Externalize your beliefs and knowledge in a living document like "The Index".
- Regularly update this document as your understanding evolves, creating an external brain.
Active Recall Through Writing
- Improve comprehension and retention by writing down what you read in your own words.
- Identify knowledge gaps by comparing your writing to the source material, facilitating deliberate practice.
Visual Spaced Repetition
- Standard spaced repetition struggles with complex, interconnected concepts.
- Integrating visual representations into flashcards might improve spaced repetition's effectiveness for such material.










































Read the full transcript here.
What is "The Index"? What are some benefits of externally compiling and organizing one's knowledge? When is spaced repetition useful? How can we co-opt our visual systems to boost memory? Would we all be more interested in producing an external personal knowledgebase if we could feel on a visceral level how much information is constantly being forgotten? How and when should we move up and down the ladder of abstraction? What sorts of problems can be solved by simulation? What is a generative model (as opposed to a predictive model)? How can constraints improve creativity? How useful are credentials as a guide to how much a person knows and whether or not a person is "allowed" to have an opinion on a topic? What do credentials actually signal about a person? What are "fox" and "hedgehog" thinking? What is deugenesis?
Jeremy is the founder of Consilience, an immersive information retrieval company. Previously he did machine learning research at Google Brain and studied Applied Mathematics at Harvard University. Jeremy works relentlessly towards aggregating knowledge, acquiring knowledge, and creating new knowledge. Find him on Twitter at @jvnixon or email him at jnixon2@gmail.com.
Staff
- Spencer Greenberg — Host / Director
- Josh Castle — Producer
- Ryan Kessler — Audio Engineer
- Uri Bram — Factotum
- Janaisa Baril — Transcriptionist
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