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Analysis Paralysis - Overthinking a decision to the point of taking no action.
Antilibrary - A collection of unread books representing knowledge yet to be acquired.
Associative Thinking - Connecting ideas through relationships and similarities.
Atomic Essays - Short, focused pieces of writing that explore a single idea completely.
Attention Momentum - The tendency for focused attention to build and sustain itself over time.
Buridan's Ass - A philosophical paradox illustrating decision paralysis when faced with two equally attractive choices.
Choice Overload - When too many options leads to difficulty deciding and reduced satisfaction.
Cognitive Load - The mental effort required to process information or complete tasks.
Compound Growth - Exponential growth where returns generate additional returns over time.
Concept Handle - A memorable phrase describing a complex or abstract idea.
Directed Acyclic Graph (DAG) - A graph with directed edges and no cycles, useful for representing dependencies and hierarchies.
Decision Fatigue - The deteriorating quality of decisions after making many decisions.
Deep Work - Focused, distraction-free work on cognitively demanding tasks.
Digital Garden - An online space for cultivating and sharing evolving thoughts publicly.
DIKW Pyramid - A hierarchy showing the progression from Data to Information to Knowledge to Wisdom.
Ego Depletion - The theory that self-control and willpower draw from a limited mental resource that gets depleted.
Emotional Intelligence - The ability to recognize, understand, and manage emotions in yourself and others.
Extrinsic Motivation - Motivation driven by external factors like rewards, pressure, and consequences.
Flow State - The state of complete immersion in an activity with effortless focus.
Flywheels - Self-reinforcing cycles where each action builds momentum for the next.
Focus - The ability to direct and maintain attention on what matters.
Forgetting Curve - The exponential decay of memory retention over time.
Fourth Place - A thinking space beyond home, work, and social environments.
Gravity Problems - Problems that can't be solved because they're fundamental constraints of reality.
Hedonic Treadmill - The tendency to return to a baseline level of happiness despite positive or negative events.
Hick's Law - Decision time increases logarithmically with the number of choices available.
Hofstadter's Law - Things always take longer than expected, even accounting for the law itself.
Intrinsic Motivation - Internal drive from enjoyment and satisfaction rather than external rewards.
Learning Curve - The rate of improvement in performing a task as experience accumulates.
Lindy Effect - The longer something has existed, the longer it's likely to continue existing.
Luck Surface Area - Increasing opportunities for luck by doing more and telling more people.
Mental Context - The cognitive state and loaded information needed for a specific task.
Metacognition - Thinking about thinking - awareness and understanding of one's own thought processes.
Note-taking vs Note-making - The distinction between capturing external information and creating your own knowledge.
Opportunity Cost - The loss of potential gain from alternatives when one option is chosen.
Paradigm Shifts - Fundamental changes in underlying assumptions that transform understanding.
Paradox of Choice - Having too many options leads to anxiety and decision paralysis.
Parkinson's Law - Work expands to fill the time available for its completion.
Perfectionism - The pursuit of flawlessness that can prevent progress and completion.
Pillar Pieces - Comprehensive, authoritative content that serves as foundational reference material.
Polymath - A person with expertise across multiple fields who integrates knowledge creatively.
Positive Feedback Loop - A cycle where outputs amplify inputs, creating exponential growth or decline.
Scarcity - The psychological principle that limited availability increases perceived value.
Serendipity - Fortunate unexpected discoveries that emerge from good systems.
Smart Notes - Notes designed for reuse, connection, and long-term value.
Social Capital - The networks, relationships, and trust that enable cooperation and collective action.
Social Proof - The psychological tendency to follow the actions and choices of others.
Systems Thinking - Understanding how components interact within complex wholes.
Temporal Tags - Tags that capture time-based context like seasons, life stages, or project phases.
Third Place - Social environments separate from home (first) and work (second) that foster community.
Time Blindness - Difficulty perceiving time accurately, common in ADHD and affecting planning.
Time Horizons - Different time scales for planning, from daily tasks to lifetime goals.
Too Much Information (TMI) - Sharing more information than is appropriate or useful for the context.
Transclusion - Embedding content from one note into another while maintaining a live link.
Unfair Advantage - A unique edge that cannot be easily copied or bought by competitors.
Unlearning - The process of discarding outdated or incorrect knowledge and habits.
Vicious Circle - A negative feedback loop where problems create conditions that worsen the problems.
Virtuous Circle - A positive feedback loop where success reinforces behaviors that lead to more success.
Work-Life Balance - The equilibrium between professional work and personal life activities.
Working Memory - The limited-capacity system for temporarily holding and manipulating information.
Zeigarnik Effect - The tendency to remember uncompleted tasks better than completed ones.

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