> First personal knowledge management is not a new field, it was just called "note taking" before.
That's not really the same. Note-taking is simply the act of recording something. While knowledge management aims for the systematic approach and is an established academic discipline with a very long history. Though, of course not every random system some guru wants to sell has this level of research and quality. And I wouldn't put PARA there either.
> Second the place where you really need to manage knowledge is at your job.
Depends on your job and live. Most people use PKM for their own hobbies and daily stuff. Work-Knowledge is of course also a big area, but not the only one, often not even the dominating one.
> Using a system that requires discipline at work is usually a bad idea as most people are not disciplined.
Which is the point where a system can help.
> Finally if that method works for the author then good, but I also have also method that works for me which is : try to take notes of almost nothing
So what? Can't the author wrote about their methods just because you have yours?
That's not really the same. Note-taking is simply the act of recording something. While knowledge management aims for the systematic approach and is an established academic discipline with a very long history. Though, of course not every random system some guru wants to sell has this level of research and quality. And I wouldn't put PARA there either.
> Second the place where you really need to manage knowledge is at your job.
Depends on your job and live. Most people use PKM for their own hobbies and daily stuff. Work-Knowledge is of course also a big area, but not the only one, often not even the dominating one.
> Using a system that requires discipline at work is usually a bad idea as most people are not disciplined.
Which is the point where a system can help.
> Finally if that method works for the author then good, but I also have also method that works for me which is : try to take notes of almost nothing
So what? Can't the author wrote about their methods just because you have yours?