* More competition and innovation in this space might lead to better tools and possibly better individual outcomes.
* More options might lead to more exploration, experimentation and high switching costs, paralysis by indecision, procrastination via tinkering, and possibly worse individual outcomes.
The truly major innovations are behind us: language, writing, writing instruments, paper, word processor.
Of course, other tools could accelerate your process but depending on what you're working on, if you don't pick a system and stick with it for a while, you might experience worse outcomes.
> the non-satisfaction with note-taking applications shows ... more choices are in fact needed.
Satisfaction is as much a function of our perspective as it is of the tool.
I don't think the author is saying this.
You can agree on the following simultaneously:
* More competition and innovation in this space might lead to better tools and possibly better individual outcomes.
* More options might lead to more exploration, experimentation and high switching costs, paralysis by indecision, procrastination via tinkering, and possibly worse individual outcomes.
The truly major innovations are behind us: language, writing, writing instruments, paper, word processor.
Of course, other tools could accelerate your process but depending on what you're working on, if you don't pick a system and stick with it for a while, you might experience worse outcomes.
> the non-satisfaction with note-taking applications shows ... more choices are in fact needed.
Satisfaction is as much a function of our perspective as it is of the tool.
You can ask
"What is the best tool?"
or you can ask
"What is good enough?"