Zettelkasten and Evergreen notes interconnection → serendipity → improvement → convenience
Sometimes, when writing, we run into a (side-)thought is to big to (completely) fit in the current note, but it does not have it’s own page (yet). We can just create a link, and carry one. Continue working on the current note. In time we’ll run into the stub.
We might even use the (missing) link, or stub as a bridge to other notes, that also point to that note. links are more valuable than the notes they connect.
Interestingly even Luhmann said it would be possible for two notes to point to a note whose contents is actually not important (for all intents and purposes a stumb). Then we can go from that one note, through the empty note over to the new note! links are more valuable than the notes they connect
- Would it be possible to write a query to find empty, or unfinished notes?
Literature notes
Andy writes (Evergreen notes should be densely linked): Luhmann actually argues that…
In comparison with this structure, which offers possibilities of connection that can be actualized, the importance of what has actually been noted is secondary.
You don’t necessarily have to link to notes you’ve already written: Backlinks can be used to implicitly define nodes in knowledge management systems. It feels high-friction to stop and add a new note whenever it feels necessary; it’s very freeing to be able to link to a stub. (see also Evergreen notes permit smooth incremental progress in writing (“incremental writing”)).