# It’s expensive to experiment with brain-externalizing systems For people who in part live in brain-externalizing systems (here we could be talking about Evernote, Roam etc but for many people it’s Excel, photoshop etc.) it really does require rewiring your brain to use a different tool. So it’s very hard to just ‘experiment’ with a new one. You also can’t really use more than one at any more time ### Related * [[Where are the lines between the slip box and resources?]] * [[The slip box is the platonic writing style]] * [[How to Take Smart Notes]] <!-- #stub --> [Web URL for this note](http://notes.benjaminreinhardt.com/It’s+expensive+to+experiment+with+brain-externalizing+systems) [Comment on this note](http://via.hypothes.is/http://notes.benjaminreinhardt.com/It’s+expensive+to+experiment+with+brain-externalizing+systems) <!-- {BearID:B30F0608-1E1C-48B2-B781-145F1A6E90B3-19569-0003CC9577581DC9} -->