Cognitive Scaffold

Preparing your thinking workspace

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MENTAL MODEL · M6551

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Version 1.0.0 · Updated 2026-07-30

CORE DEFINITION

The workflow proposed by Tiago Forte for a second brain: Capture, Organize, Distill, Express.

SCAFFOLDING EFFECT

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Reduce cognitive load

Knowledge throughput pipeline. Most people die at 'hoarding (Capture)'. This scaffold forces every knowledge point to flow toward 'Expression (Express)', otherwise it is 'digital constipation'.

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Anchor fast decisions

Based on 'knowledge workflow'. Capture → Organize → Distill → Express, forcing knowledge to flow toward output, avoiding hoarding without production.

MINIMUM ACTION

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Practice this model in one real situation:

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Source support: Explicit

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