Through Progressive Summarization, Forte advocates refining notes over time to highlight key insights, improving discoverability and usability. He notes, 'Progressive Summarization is not a method for remembering as much as possible—it is a method for forgetting as much as possible.' By bolding and highlighting important parts of a note in successive layers, you can quickly grasp the essential ideas when revisiting it. For example, after capturing a lengthy article, you might first bold key sentences, then highlight the most critical points, making future reviews more efficient. | Tiago Forte | Building a Second Brain

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Through Progressive Summarization, Forte advocates refining notes over time to highlight key insights, improving discoverability and usability. He notes, 'Progressive Summarization is not a method for remembering as much as possible—it is a method for forgetting as much as possible.' By bolding and highlighting important parts of a note in successive layers, you can quickly grasp the essential ideas when revisiting it. For example, after capturing a lengthy article, you might first bold key sentences, then highlight the most critical points, making future reviews more efficient.

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