Search by meaning, plus a knowledge graph that tracks who, what, when — and what has since changed.
Keyword search fails exactly when it matters: you remember the shape of a thought but not the words you used. And flat notes cannot answer relational questions — what supports this claim, what superseded that decision, what was true in March but is not true now.
Memory that only accumulates is a hoard. Memory that expires, supersedes and links is a mind.