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Progressive Summarization: A Practical Technique for Designing Discoverable Notes - Forte Labs Modern digital tools make it easy to “capture” information from a wide variety of sources. We know how to snap a picture, type out some notes, record a video, or scan a document. Getting this content from the outside world into the digital world is trivial. It’s even easier to get content that is already digital from one app to another. We know how to copy and paste text, save an image from a webpage, archive an email attachment, or import a video file. fortelabs.co⁠

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Progressive Summarization II: Examples and Metaphors - Forte Labs These are Layer 1 notes I took on an article on postrationalism, a topic I’m interested in. This is 373 words, which would take about 2 minutes to read at an average reading speed. 2 minutes doesn’t seem like much, but when you consider that these notes could have no relevance to the task at hand, it’s a lot of attention to pay for nothing. Especially considering this is dense, challenging material. For Layer 2, I bolded what I thought were the key points: fortelabs.co⁠

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