Is there still a point to taking notes these days? When I was in school, the purpose of note-taking was obvious. Lectures weren’t recorded. So if you didn’t take notes, important information would be unavailable to you when you needed to study.
However, that rationale for taking notes seems dubious when you consider the proliferation of audio recording tools, especially when combined with free AI transcription and summarization. Heck, you don’t even need to attend meetings anymore to know what was said!
In this video essay, I explain the science behind why notes still matter, and why technology may not always be our friend:
The best way to take notes is any way in which you’re fully attending to the meaning of what is said.
Source: Scott H Young — Read the full article on the original site ↗