Posts from 2025
How to Do Research with The Archive
Dear Zettlers, Currently, my mind is captured by a phenomenon that I called the ST-gap. This is shorthand for “slow twitch gap”, a model that allows to justify the need for low intensity cardio training and allows you to calculate your needs depending on how you train otherwise. If you have an active lifestyle (going on hikes, walks, work in a garden), perform both strength training and higher intensity endurance training (like interval training, CrossFit-esque training) there is a type of muscle fibre that is undertrained.
Field Report #9: Excerpting Instead of Processing
When I processed Transcend by Kaufman, I encountered the following problems: Lack of authority: The book is not a book for me whose structure I want to follow. It is not valuable to me as a whole, but only as a collection of parts.
Develop Empathy with your Future Self
Dear Zettlers, There is one trait that needs to be developed if you want to make any long-term system work: This trait is a proper relationship with your future self. To understand how a proper relationship with your future self is developed, we need to understand the nature of our future self.
The Archive v1.8: Plug-Ins and Automation
We’re excited to announce the release of The Archive v1.8! Here’s what’s new and improved in this version: This system is a game-changer for users looking to streamline their everyday actions without the need for external tools, like: Quickly create notes from templates;