Mea Culpa, When Somebody Writes Your Wrongs 2 ▲ Brennan Kenneth Brown 65 days ago · 7 min read1311 words · Life · hide · 1 comments Yesterday, Unattributed posted a long response and dissection of my article What have note-taking PKMs accomplished, really?, analyzing the lack of intellectual rigour, nebulous wording, and poor research I did throughout. I already added an update to the post in question, so I won't get into the weeds here. I tried my best to respond graciously and with appreciation towards the author of the response. The writing was critical, but it was also fair and written in good faith. That said, seeing a 3,500-word article about me on the top of Bubbles.town yesterday certainly did give me anxiety—but that's par for the course. My chickens have come home to roost. I mean, if you're going to share your work with the world, then you need to expect the world to respond. And if you write something that's incorrect, well that's the best way to get a reply on the Internet. Jokes aside, I am grateful that the first longform criticism I've encountered against me was a good-faith argument against my… Log in to reply on the Fediverse. Comments will appear here. dtomvan @dtomvan@toot.cat 62 days ago [-] I appreciate the followup article! I indeed also found the response come across a bit harsh, since Brennan definitely had a valid core point along the lines of "maybe PKMs aren't so productivity-inducing after all?", but yeah the justifications were ill-researched here and there, that's true. I've also felt the way Brennan did, even to the point of rather giving up if it means I don't have to deal with failure anymore... but that's obviously not the answer.It's funny how the brain can be both rational and irrational at the same time...
