The 10 Commandments of NotebookLM
Divine laws for the modern knowledge worker.
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Thou shalt not build thy second brain in chaos.
Use thy 50 sources wisely. Structure them as thou wouldst thy temple — with clarity, purpose, and folders.
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Thou shalt not worship false productivity tools.
Notion is cute. Obsidian is dense. NotebookLM hath contextual recall, and lo, it is good.
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Thou shalt feed the model only the choicest of documents.
No fluff, no filler. Upload with intention: PDFs, slides, transcripts, and notes worthy of divine synthesis.
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Remember the ‘Add Note’ button, and keep it holy.
One click shall summon summaries. Two clicks, a briefing doc. Three, and lo — a study guide appears.
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Honor thy Discovery tool, that thy knowledge may be vast.
Let the AI seek, that ye may find sources unknown, and perspectives thou hast not considered.
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Thou shalt not covet thy neighbor’s prompt.
Craft thy own queries with purpose and specificity. For NotebookLM responds best to the seeker who knows what they seek.
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Thou shalt keep thy notebooks clean and updated.
For stale sources beget stale insights. Let not thy PDFs rot in digital obscurity.
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Thou shalt not kill creativity with repetition.
Use NotebookLM to remix, reframe, and reimagine. Ask it to question thy assumptions and rewrite thy gospel.
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Thou shalt transcribe thy meetings, that no wisdom be lost.
Record. Upload. Summarise. And from the chaos of conversation shall order emerge.
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Thou shalt ship.
Knowledge without execution is vanity. Use NotebookLM not just to learn — but to do.
Mike G Robinson
Making AI Great Again
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