notes on note-taking

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#+title: Building a Second Brain
Organizing notes with organic connections to retain and be able to recall
knowledge using a separate repository from our brains.
This is acheived by [[id:29ff390c-d44c-4860-be52-c8ebe17fde57][Taking atomic notes]] and [[id:6d08493c-5337-448f-83eb-53d3891da383][Making connections between notes]] in
something like a [[id:d3c18b58-db42-4c5f-a1e4-12382a900f4b][Zettelkasten]]. This lets us offload information into an external
database, and then make and utilize the same sort of associative connections
between bits of information that our brains naturally use to recall them.

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literally to a slip-box, or a box of notes.
* Core concepts
- Notes should be concise and constrained to a single concept. Multiple concepts
should be described separately and related via links.
- Notes should be taken in your own words to facilitate understanding, and be
written in such a way that no additional context is necessary to understand
them.
- [[id:29ff390c-d44c-4860-be52-c8ebe17fde57][Notes should be concise and constrained to a single concept]]. Multiple concepts
should be described separately and [[id:6d08493c-5337-448f-83eb-53d3891da383][related via links]].
- Notes should be taken in your own words to facilitate understanding, and be [[id:04d9cc05-cc67-4d50-bfb2-d5dc7c47673b][clear and concise]].
- Notes should be discoverable not through a hierarchy of categories, but
through notes on related concepts chosen by how you'll want to come across the
note in the future.
** Types of notes
- [[id:a654608a-0df5-472a-baf4-3e87b467454d][Fleeting notes]]
- [[id:18f1fec1-b396-4f11-952c-acf80b245f71][Literature notes]]
- [[id:596f1ebd-00da-40ae-8341-8147e9a352db][Permanent notes]]
* References
- [[https://www.youtube.com/user/shu12081995][Videos by Shu Omi]]
- [[https://www.youtube.com/@VickyZhaoBEEAMP][Videos by Vicky Zhao]]
- [[id:0cf298df-4f53-45b5-acb4-0b3ce2d00faa][The Zettelkasten Method - LessWrong 2.0]]
- [[id:cd8821fe-f770-480c-baad-ec1e8463f0a2][How to Take Smart Notes: One Simple Technique to Boost Writing, Learning and Thinking for Students, Academics and Nonfiction Book Writers]]

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#+title: Taking atomic notes
Separating notes into small, atomic units rather larger documents allows for
[[id:6d08493c-5337-448f-83eb-53d3891da383][Making connections between notes]] relevant to what we're currently thinking about
(that might have otherwise been combined into a larger, single note), then
making connections to other notes as well. It is key to [[id:3dc8df7d-0050-4afb-9c93-5d0c50d324d0][Taking better notes]].

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#+title: Making connections between notes

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#+title: Question, Evidence, and Conclusion
A note-taking method coined by Professor Cal Newport.
Identifying questions, evidence, and conclusions in material and linking them to
relevant ideas. Each question, piece of evidence, and conclusion can be isolated
[[id:29ff390c-d44c-4860-be52-c8ebe17fde57][as atomic notes]] and connected in a [[id:d3c18b58-db42-4c5f-a1e4-12382a900f4b][Zettelkasten]].

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#+title: Compass of Zettelkasten thinking
A thinking tool for identifying notes to [[id:6d08493c-5337-448f-83eb-53d3891da383][make connections to]] in a [[id:d3c18b58-db42-4c5f-a1e4-12382a900f4b][Zettelkasten]].
- North :: Where does this idea come from?
- West :: What's similar to this idea?
- East :: What's opposite to this idea?
- South :: Where can this idea lead to next?

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#+title: Fleeting notes
Ideas that pop up throughout the day, noted down quickly. These should be
[[id:29ff390c-d44c-4860-be52-c8ebe17fde57][atomic]], and could eventually become [[id:596f1ebd-00da-40ae-8341-8147e9a352db][Permanent notes]] in a [[id:d3c18b58-db42-4c5f-a1e4-12382a900f4b][Zettelkasten]], or be
discarded.

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#+title: Permanent notes
Polished notes in a [[id:d3c18b58-db42-4c5f-a1e4-12382a900f4b][Zettelkasten]]. These should be [[id:29ff390c-d44c-4860-be52-c8ebe17fde57][atomic]] notes, written [[id:04d9cc05-cc67-4d50-bfb2-d5dc7c47673b][clearly
and concisely]] such that they can be readily understood without additional
context that may not be present when viewed later. Permanent notes should be
[[id:6d08493c-5337-448f-83eb-53d3891da383][linked]] to other relevant ideas for future discoverability.

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#+title: Notes should be clear and concise
Notes should be written clearly and concisely such that they can be readily
understood without additional context that may not be present when viewed later.

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#+title: Literature notes
Notes while consuming literature or other media. These notes should be [[id:29ff390c-d44c-4860-be52-c8ebe17fde57][atomic]],
and may be later cleaned up to become [[id:596f1ebd-00da-40ae-8341-8147e9a352db][Permanent notes]] in a [[id:d3c18b58-db42-4c5f-a1e4-12382a900f4b][Zettelkasten]].

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#+title: How did Niklas Luhmann maintain his Zettelkasten?
Niklas Luhmann maintained his [[id:d3c18b58-db42-4c5f-a1e4-12382a900f4b][Zettelkasten]] using two boxes (kasten). One box was
for his [[id:18f1fec1-b396-4f11-952c-acf80b245f71][Literature notes]], and the other for his [[id:596f1ebd-00da-40ae-8341-8147e9a352db][Permanent notes]], which were
based upon his literature notes. His fleeting notes would be elsewhere, and if
deemed appropriate, would be reviewed with literature notes and turned into a
permanent note.