# Knowledge worker I don't really like the term. [[Knowledge commoner]] might be better. > If you had to set one metric to use as a leading indicator for yourself as a knowledge worker, the best I know might be the number of [[Evergreen notes]] written per day. > > – [Evergreen note-writing as fundamental unit of knowledge work](https://notes.andymatuschak.org/z3SjnvsB5aR2ddsycyXofbYR7fCxo7RmKW2be) ## Hackers I think that in McKenzie Wark's terms from [[A Hacker Manifesto]], a knowledge worker would be a [[Hacker]]? > What does it mean to be a digital worker as opposed to, let's say, an analogue worker? It's not like I can shove you on an assembly line. When a digital worker's object is to come up with a new idea, it doesn't quite work that way. > > – McKenzie Wark, Stir to Action interview