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id: "entity-notion-d22"
type: "entity"
entityType: "product"
canonicalName: "Notion"
aliases: []
source_timestamps: ["00:09:24"]
tags: ["note-taking", "human-web"]
related: ["claim-notion-evernote-obsolete", "concept-agent-web"]
url: "https://www.notion.so/"
sources: ["s22-saas-replacement"]
sourceVaultSlug: "s22-saas-replacement"
originDay: 22
---
# Notion

## Profile

All-in-one workspace and note-taking application. Pages, databases, toggles, embeds, cover images — visually rich, hierarchically organized, beloved by Human Web users.

## Role in This Source

Notion is the speaker's **prime example of a Human Web tool** — see [[concept-agent-web]] for the framework and [[claim-notion-evernote-obsolete]] for the claim it helps anchor.

The critique is structural, not aesthetic: Notion is *beautifully* designed for human eyes, but agents don't have eyes. They need flat vector data, not nested toggles. Bolting Notion AI on top doesn't fix the architectural mismatch — it RAGs against an unfriendly schema. See [[contrarian-notion-is-dead]] for the sharper framing.

Notion is treated throughout the talk as a stand-in for the entire category of legacy note tools (Evernote, Apple Notes, Roam, etc.) that the [[concept-open-brain-d22]] is designed to replace for agent memory purposes.