# What I'm chewing on  More recently I'm gravitating toward structuring work around questions. In previous lives I've tried to structure "top down" approaches to personal knowledge systems, but I've come to believe that this is impractical. Firstly, I find it to be a bit of a fools errand in an era of rapid technological expansion and secondly, I don't think it's a very realistic model for how we actually build knowledge. I think knowledge is often [[emergence|emergent]], something that ebbs, flows, and ultimately [coheres](https://damrunner.com/thinking/concepts/coherence) when it's good and ready, not when we dictate. If we want to know something, we research. We often relegate "research" to academic pursuit, but I think it's a great way to [[research as leisure activity - Clips|approach your interests]] with structure and purpose, as well. We've never been more capable of "knowing," and so it's very telling to answer:  >**_"What am I trying to know, right now, and why?"_**  This organizing principle is heavily influenced by [Emmanuel Quartey](https://damrunner.com/Emmanuel+Quartey) and his treatment of [questions](https://www.quartey.com/questions), but recomposed to match the working language my brain uses: noticing a tension -> developing a POV -> designing a challenge. ## Alive for me right now  >[!question]- What remains human in a world of thinking machines? >![[what remains human#^14590b]] >![[what remains human#^working-language]] >👉 **[[what remains human|Explore question→]]** >[!question]- What is the future of SaaS? >![[the future of saas#^e6b92f]] >![[the future of saas#^working-language]] >👉 **[[the future of saas|Explore question→]]** ## Emerging lines of inquiry  >[!question]- How do we live resiliently? >![[how to live resiliently#^771528]] >![[how to live resiliently#^working-language]] >👉 **[[how to live resiliently|Explore question→]]** --- ![[footer#^a63e8e]]