Archives and the digitization of knowledge

History comes out of an archive, not a library.

• Libraries spread knowledge that's been collected and compressed into books and other media.
• Archives are where collections of papers are stored. Archives contain materials from the people and institutions near it.

This means building a system that really thinks about what knowledge each worker needs for the job they’re doing, who they need to spend time with to gain it, and how that knowledge can be shared even more widely, so everyone benefits – wherever they are working.

"Open loops" are all those tasks that you've had on your mind for weeks, months or even years that are still not completed. They quietly drain a lot of energy out of you by taking up space in your subconscious.

Take an hour, day, or week to close the loop and do that thing.