# Consider notes as cattle rather than pets Adopting a cattle-like approach to Knowledge Management involves seeing each piece of information, note, or idea as part of a larger, _dynamic_ system. This system is characterized by growth, cross-pollination, and the natural lifecycle of ideas, where some concepts mature into valuable insights while others may fall away as understanding deepens or as new theories replace older ones. Our brains function in the same way. They create many mental models of reality, based on our current understanding. Over time, those models are refined or replaced, based on our experiences and observations. This mostly happens unconsciously, during our sleep. But the end result is the same. Old ideas get replaced by new ones all the time. ## References - [[Evergreen notes]] - [[Benefits of considering notes as cattle rather than pets]] - [[How to implement the cattle approach in PKM]] ## Related - [[Benefits of considering notes as cattle rather than pets]] - [[How to implement the cattle approach in PKM]]