Episode AI notes
- Personal knowledge management can be analogized to games, as both involve a goal, rules, voluntary participation, a feedback mechanism, and a gameplay loop. This highlights the structured and purposeful nature of managing personal knowledge.
- The concept of finite and infinite games can be applied to personal knowledge management. PKM, being an infinite game, is about continuously playing and accumulating knowledge rather than focusing on winning. Embracing PKM with an infinite game mindset can be beneficial for individuals. (Time 0:00:00)
Analogizing Personal Knowledge Management with Games Personal knowledge management can be analogized to games because both involve a goal, rules, voluntary participation, a feedback mechanism, and a gameplay loop. These similarities highlight the structured and purposeful nature of managing personal knowledge. Transcript: Speaker 2 That’s very cool. I’m familiar both with Ali’s YouTube channel and I’ve also read Tiago Forte’s book. But I have not heard about this analogy between personal knowledge management and games. Can you expand on that? Like how are they similar? Sure. Speaker 1 Well, if we think about what a game even is, there’s only five things that comprise any game, chess, a video game, checkers, literally anything. That is, there’s a goal. There are rules. There is voluntary participation, at least I hope, wouldn’t be good if there wasn’t. There’s a feedback mechanism through which you can see how your actions are leading towards the goal. And then there is a gameplay loop, which is the actual core loop behind which you do it. Now, if we apply that to PKM, they’re very similar. (Time 0:03:21)
The concept of finite and infinite games in personal knowledge management The distinction between finite and infinite games can be applied to personal knowledge management (PKM). While some activities are approached with the goal of winning, PKM can be seen as an infinite game where the goal is to keep playing and accumulating knowledge. Embracing PKM with the mindset of an infinite game can be beneficial for individuals. Transcript: Speaker 2 What comes to mind is this distinction between finite and infinite games. Have you heard of that? Yeah, I’ve heard of that. James P. Kars, I remember when I first read that it made an impact in my life. This notion that some games you play to win, and some games you play to keep playing. And it sounds to me like PKM might be the latter. It’s the type of game that you do to keep playing somehow. Speaker 1 I love that idea. And I think exactly like you said, the best mindset I think to come into PKM with is to treat it like an infinite game, because (Time 0:08:20)