by Daniel Levitin
Levitin explains how the brain's attention systems are overwhelmed by modern information overload. Externalizing information and building organisational systems frees cognition for real thinking.
In this collection, The Organized Mind references 3 other books.
It draws on Thinking, Fast and Slow, Getting Things Done and Flow.
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Levitin draws extensively on Kahneman's System 1/System 2 to explain how the brain categorises and prioritises information
References Allen's Getting Things Done methodology as a practical system aligned with how the brain externalises cognitive load
Cites Csikszentmihalyi's flow research when discussing optimal states for deep cognitive work
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