The biggest issue with the whole productivity porn thing is that it's fundamentally 'midwit' activity. Genuinely novel work, by definition cuts through existing

The biggest issue with the whole productivity porn thing is that it's fundamentally 'midwit' activity. Genuinely novel work, by definition cuts through existing things, brushes them away and produces something that is new. Tending to your knowledge gardens and note taking tools and reading blogs and whatnot is just busywork. People who built real things generally do so because they have the will to do it, not because they have 500 pages of investment advice collected on Notion.