Zettelkasten and Evergreen MOC
Don’t try to put everything in boxes. Just create atomic notes that link to other places. Find them again by following linked notes. there is understanding in the combination of ideas
Being more free with linking will lead to Optimising for serendipity, which will increase the likelihood of making surprising connections. Walking keywords shows multiple contexts in which we can find answers
Assuming that knowledge belongs with some other knowledge is limiting. A true atomic note can stand on its own. Notes need to be atomic because all external context is lost, but linking them together will recreate context. categories make terrible keywords
See: rhizomatic linking
Also
Literature notes
Hierarchical vs territorial writing Adolfo RamĂrez Corona
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non-hierarchical thought needs many good links and connections
- Two different ways of thinking
- Hierarchy automatically leads to folders and boxes
- social media “influencers” → definition of hierarchical producing → looking for a “niche”
- Territorial as a synonym for rhizomatic or topologic → connect outside defaults
- link as much as you can
- (Author is a Roma user!)
Fleeting notes
rhizomatic linking leads to serendipitous results
- rhizomatic: A rhizome is a concept in post-structuralism describing a nonlinear network that “connects any point to any other point”
- hierarchy is limiting by design
- limiting is not by definition bad → limits → creativity
- but, also closes possibilities
- A rhizomatic approach → serendipity
- freely connect, and then follow those lines to see where you end up
- breaking free from limits
- completely different contexts → new ways of looking and seeing
- breaking free from limits
- freely connect, and then follow those lines to see where you end up