Course notes on Building a Second Brain Cohort 11 by @fortelabs

1/ Timeline of Economic Eras

Previous eras:
- the Space Era
- the Time Era

Current era:
- the Attention Era

Not so distant future era:
- the Perspective Era

2/ the Attention Era

Everything is trying to get our attention. We call this the attention economy. Everything and everyone wants to grab our attention.

The saying for this "Eyeballs control the money."

e.g. Internet, Social Media, Tech (push notifications, ads, clickbait)

3/ the Perspective Era

As information becomes abundance, information overload is inevitable. Thus, a new type of people rise. The interpreter or 'curator' of informations.

4/ Solopreneur

Traditional career paths have fallen because of COVID-19. Having a secure job is not secure anymore. The 'Solopreneur' runs their business alone, with the help of automation tools, skill to curate and use the information.

5/ Quotes from Paul Saffo

6/ Purpose of Building a Second Brain

Building a Second Brain acts as the foundation on capturing, organize, distill, and expressing the curated information.

"The ability to convey not just information, but a particular interpretation of information."

7/ 4 Fundamental Parts of a Creative Process

CODE:
- Capture
- Organize
- Distill
- Express

8/ Personal Knowledge Management

Personal Knowledge Management comes from the intersection between Personal Organization, Knowledge Capture, and Project Management.

9/ 4 Levels of Personal Knowledge Management

There are 4 levels of Personal Knowledge Management:

- Level 1: Storing Information
- Level 2: Managing Knowledge
- Level 3: Enabling Action
- Level 4: Personal Knowledge Mastery