Summary
Ahrens outlines the zettelkasten, or slip box, method of note taking. More than a note taking system, the slip box approach might be more aptly characterized as a system for knowledge generation. It involves building a database of focused notes that are interlinked with one another. This helps foster the continuous, serendipitous discovery of new ideas as the slip box grows.
Notes
- § Zettelkasten MOC
Principles
- Decontextualize ideas to make them new
- Store information where you would want to encounter it again
- Knowledge is a compounding investment
- ¶ Principle of atomicity
Note-taking
- Different kinds of zettelkasten notes
- Make notes in your own words
- Take notes with connection in mind
- Decontextualize ideas to make them new
- Read broadly with purpose
Systems
Writing
- Brainstorming surfaces available ideas, not new ideas.
- Write from the bottom up
- Writing is thinking
- Knowledge work means transforming old ideas into new ones
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