Rethinking Personal Knowledge #10 Why sharing files is still harder than it should be？

Sharing a file should be one of the simplest things we do.

Yet every time we share something, another copy often appears.

One arrives through AirDrop.

Another through email.

Another through chat.

Weeks later, we're left wondering:

Which one is the latest?

Which one did I annotate?

Which copy did I actually use?

The problem isn't sharing.

The problem is that every sharing workflow treats information as something to duplicate.

While building PouchVerse, I started thinking about sharing differently.

Imported content shouldn't become new knowledge simply because it arrived through a different channel.

It should be recognized, connected, and made discoverable alongside everything already there.

Sharing shouldn't create more clutter.

It should simply make the same knowledge available wherever you need it.