Many people set out to build a “second brain.” But a PKM shouldn’t be a thing that thinks for you. Instead, it should be a place where you can do your best thinking — and AI can help.

Drawing from my book Duly Noted and my year-long “humanities crash course” — a deliberate experiment in using AI to learn better — I’ll share patterns for working with AI as an amanuensis rather than a “ghostthinker.”