Active Ideation is a [[Notemaking]] strategy posed by [[Nick Milo]] which he proposed primarily as an alternative notetaking strategy to [[Progressive Summarization]] posed by [[Tiago Forte]]. It operates in two steps: 1. Highlight/Comment/Relate 2. Create/Connect/Create How to do Active Ideation in the creation of MOCs. [[MOC]] ### Benefits of Active Ideation Active Ideation works of the idea that your best thinking comes when you have already used the mental bandwidth to understand a piece of information. Most likely, right while you are consuming it. ### Disadvantages of Active Ideation It takes more time and energy to think of ways to comment/relate information to other things in your [[PKM MOC]] while you are consuming it. Other notetaking methods like PS decrease friction in the notetaking process. Related: [[The Potential Side Effects of Progressive Summarization◙The Name Causes Confusion]]