A critique of tagging

Posted by Daly de Gagne
Nov 4, 2023 at 10:49 PM

Hi Steve -

This topic prompted me to check my electronic copy of Tiago Forte’s Building a Second Brain. I discovered something interesting that I had previously overlooked. At the book’s end there is a bonus chapter, entitled How to Create a Tagging System that works.
He writes, “Although not essential to get started, tags do provide an extra layer of organization that can be useful as your knowledge collection grows.”
There is a download link for the bonus chapter, and it took me to a page asking for my email address, and a button to press, “Yes, send me the Bonus Chapter!”
I find this rather ironic in light of what Forte wrote about tags in the Medium article.
I am curious to know why he would offer a bonus chapter on tagging in a book published in June 2022, and then seemingly do an about face on the merit of tagging so soon afterward.
Now I need to find my proof of purchase from Kindle so I can read the bonus chapter.
- Daly