Greek, [[Emacs]] guru extraordinaire. His YouTube channel is at [Protesilaos Stavrou - YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC0uTPqBCFIpZxlz_Lv1tk_g). Seems to be well versed in greek [[Philosophy]] and politics. Mentions [[Luke Smith]] on [Comment on Unix versus Emacs](https://protesilaos.com/codelog/2020-12-28-comment-unix-vs-emacs/). Protesilaos Stavrou has some insightful thoughts on [[Personal knowledge management]] in his first livestream, [Live: Emacs note-taking and the mindful attitude](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bFJO8ScRmj0&list=PL8Bwba5vnQK3CZ-nrVPjs86RC4Jn--o3a). It reminds me of [[How to Take Smart Notes]]: > We document our ideas all the time, be it with pen and paper or by using our software of choice. It helps us clarify our thoughts and [[Elucidate (term)|elucidate]] concepts that would otherwise be hard to grasp. We may also retrieve information we have stored for later use. > When it comes to software, [[Emacs]] is a powerhouse for taking notes and staying organised. Apart from all its text-editing capabilities, its ability to search recursively through files and edit the results directly, its superb keyboard macros, and so on, the Emacs milieu has the highly acclaimed Org mode. [[Elucidate (term)]] is a nice word. > If you hold firm in your views, such as when you read a new book and comment on it in parallel, you are effectively implying that what you already knew before reading the book is all you ever needed to know. Put differently, you are developing a certain brand of dogmatism, of insistance on the narrative you have about who you are and what it is that you are doing. Let me call this the "dogma of self-identification" in which we do not recognise, tacitly or otherwise, the possibility of not knowing something and where we claim to be capable of more than what we actually are. > This is a trap that anyone who wants to flourish as a person should actively try to avoid. When we engage with new material, we want to be mindful of our condition. We must admit that we are not omniscient, that we are fallible. And we have to unequivocally tell ourselves how our sense of self is a work-in-process that remains open to influences of all sorts. > There is no scope for pretense here. No need to fake being tough or smart or whatnot. The open mind, the inquisitive spirit, has no trouble acknowledging its inadequacies because it understands that it can only improve by surfacing them, scrutinising them, and working towards circumventing them. > And so, when we take notes---when we learn---our goal must be to always keep open a window into the unknown. Take as much time as you need to think things through. Give ideas the space they need to grow and become fecund. Then, just like the farmer who respects the land, reap the fruits in a spirit of sustainability, in a way that allows ideas to grow again perhaps by means of exposure to yet newer concepts. I don't understand how someone from Greece acquired such eloquency.