top of page

The Nexus Method: curating knowledge for greater potential intelligence (aka: the most of what you learn)

sciart0
Aug 28
1 min read

When your head is full of information, how can you actually make use of it?

KEY TAKEAWAYS

In this week’s Mini Philosophy interview, I spoke with polymath Iain McGilchrist about how he plots and structures his encyclopedic books.
McGilchrist shared a method that I have called the Nexus Method.
The Nexus Method externalises all the things you have learned and makes it easier for your brain to draw connections between them.

Recent Posts

David Lilienthal’s account of his years running the Tennessee Valley Authority can read like the Abundance of 1944. We still have a lot to learn from what the book says — and from what it leaves out.

WHY IS ROBERT F. KENNEDY JR. SO CONVINCED HE’S RIGHT?

How an outsider, once ignored by the public-health establishment, became the most powerful man in science

What the S&P 500 is hiding about the economy

A few trillion-dollar companies are powering the market’s gains. Here’s what’s happening to most other businesses in the United States. Thanks Tom!

bottom of page