Comment by nicbou
3 hours ago
It's just information. Even calling it knowledge is a stress because it more closely reflects my emotional state than actual truth.
It's only useful in the context of understanding myself.
3 hours ago
It's just information. Even calling it knowledge is a stress because it more closely reflects my emotional state than actual truth.
It's only useful in the context of understanding myself.
I get that, and I think that distinction is healthy.
“Knowledge base” can imply objective truth and completeness, which creates pressure. For a lot of us, what we store is really a snapshot of attention, curiosity, anxiety, and identity at a moment in time — more like a personal log than a database.
One framing that helps me is: the archive isn’t “truth”, it’s “evidence of what I cared about”, and it’s only useful when it reduces friction for a real moment (re-entry, reflection, or a concrete next step). Otherwise it’s just noise.
Do you find it more useful as a mirror (patterns about yourself), or as a tool (helping you make decisions / take action)?