> It turns out that a fresh note created each day, labeled with a date, is a good canvas for collecting transient thoughts, which can serve as a springboard into deeper thinking.

This type of notetaking has been around forever. Ten years ago I was using TiddlyWiki exactly that way. Click the button to create a new journal and organize them by date.

> The second is known to note-taking nerds as “bidirectional linking.”

Also strange to attribute this to Roam. It was around long before Roam. TiddlyWiki had it forever. I never saw much use to it, but it was there, even if the author didn't know about it.

> In short: it is probably a mistake, in the end, to ask software to improve our thinking.

It's tough to draw that conclusion based on the arguments up to that point. Software is really helpful. I could use a plain text editor, but quality search, hyperlinks between notes, automatic naming of notes, ability to make task lists with checkable boxes, etc. is a clear win for me.