The thing is I never picked up tools like Obsidian or Anytype because I wanted them to do my thinking for me. On the contrary, I use them because they help me b

The thing is I never picked up tools like Obsidian or Anytype because I wanted them to do my thinking for me. On the contrary, I use them because they help me be rigorous in my thinking. The process of methodically recording and organizing what I find and where I found it ensures that there are some questions I always ask about everything. Like, my template record for a company has slots for the C-suite that link to records for persons, and slots for parent and child companies. Because of that, whenever I add a new company to my database, I'm prompted to add that information. I don't have to, but what's important is that I don't have to worry about forgetting to deliberately make that choice. And in the future I can count on being reminded of what I omitted.