Aidan's Infinite Play E30 Ilya Shabanov: Navigating Personal Knowledge Management In Academia
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Oct 25, 2023 Ilya Shabanov, an Obsidian Notetaker and Academic, discusses personal knowledge management in academia, including the benefits of note-taking and curiosity. They explore the role of AI in note-taking and the importance of well-structured reading lists. The speakers also discuss the fear of AI and its impact on society, and the liberating nature of philosophy and experiential reading.
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Academia's Appeal
- Academia offers the chance to work on novel research.
- This contrasts with engineering, where work is often applying existing knowledge to new problems.
PKM Content Creation
- Ilya's PKM content creation journey began during a visa delay in New Zealand.
- A post about his note-taking methods gained significant traction, leading him to create courses and webinars.
Forgetting and PKM
- Note-taking reveals how much information we forget.
- PKM shifts the focus from storing information in our brains to using a system, expanding our knowledge horizon.