Ideas are grown over time as we come across with new stimulus and information. Even the same information can be turned into something new when we revisit it in a future self with a new perspective. A conversation to and from your past and future self. - This lets you build off your previous efforts by [[Compound knowledge with conceptual notes]] - This lets you update your views and thoughts based on incoming information, promoting [[Open-Mindedness]] - This conversation promotes [[Thinking]] ### Taking notes for your future-self - can look back at your own thoughts - can externalize and second order thinking, the capacity to correct your own thinking > _“In a few weeks, or a few months, or even a year or more, when I come back to this note, what do I know_ **_now_** _that will be useful_ _then?”_ > — [[TfTHacker]]