Using large language models for reflective thinking and metacognition, rather than generating facts or final outputs

Language Models as Epistemic Rubber Ducks

On seeing tools for thought through a historical and anthropological lens

Tools for Thought as Cultural Practices, not Computational Objects

Project Xanadu as a pattern language, rather than a failed software project

Illustrated notes on the concept of 'Evergreen notes' and how to write them

Exploring ways to build social infrastructure around books and reading on the open web

A new role at an AI research lab working on tools for open-ended reasoning

What we lose when our digital notes remove the freedom to move

Daily notes as a frictionless default input for personal knowledge management systems

Agent-based note-taking systems that can prompt and facilitate custom workflows