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#+title: Zettelkasten
#+date: "2021-04-22 14:00:50 +08:00"
#+date_modified: "2021-05-19 21:56:15 +08:00"
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#+language: en
Zettelkasten is a note-taking method popularized by Niklas Luhmann known for his prolific writings from 400 academic articles to 70 books in a lifetime.
This system, manifested as a shelf of 60,000 notes, was credited as his writing partner.
The main idea of this system is creating a global cloud of [[id:2713f862-6664-4f36-9a2a-b4ddadfe4c8b][Non-linear notes]], individually called as zettels, without any hierarchy or separation.
This non-linear system encourages freely linking between each ideas making it easier for gaining new ideas similar to neurons in your brain.
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While the absence of hierarchy is good for free-linking and filling gaps between wildly different topics, those ideas have to start from somewhere.
The traditional [[id:d3fbdb1a-9629-45ef-9f08-32c6e49025bb][Linear notes]] still have a place that it enforces structure.
Eventually, if the structured note is getting too big, you can separate the points into multiple zettels.
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To make it more efficient, the workflow further describes the idea of creating good future-proof notes (see [[id:3994e8d7-8d77-4f52-9650-330369e82143][Future-proofing your notes is only worth if the future is relevant]]).
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Most writings about this seem to agree to the following ideas.
- A method to capture notes on-the-fly.
This encourages to capture as many ideas as possible.
- The lack of hierarchy to describe the notes.
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This enforces easier organization and classifying your notes.
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- The gradual improvement of the captured notes into [[id:431532c3-6506-4565-b193-dbfb60eac7d6][Evergreen notes]].