Liberating update #2 to my zettelkasten system this week:
Literature notes are allowed to be *verbatim* from the source material.
Literature notes are allowed to be *verbatim* from the source material.
https://twitter.com/syncretizm/status/1355812313505230852
Fleeting Notes are always in my own words, and spin off from the content.
Literature notes are summaries of important ideas and may or may not be verbatim.
Evergreen notes are often my words, but designate authorship so as long as that’s present could also be verbatim.
Literature notes are summaries of important ideas and may or may not be verbatim.
Evergreen notes are often my words, but designate authorship so as long as that’s present could also be verbatim.
The goal here is to KEEP THE IDEAS FLOWING.
Within a zettelkasten, momentum is paramount.
There is significant cognitive burden associated with putting something in your own words or coming up with original ideas.
That self-inflicted resistance should be treated with care.
Within a zettelkasten, momentum is paramount.
There is significant cognitive burden associated with putting something in your own words or coming up with original ideas.
That self-inflicted resistance should be treated with care.
While reading material, you want to be agile — moving through the content with ease.
*capturing fleeting ideas*
*summarizing main points*
Forcing yourself to constantly process the summaries in your own words can grind the gears to a halt.
*capturing fleeting ideas*
*summarizing main points*
Forcing yourself to constantly process the summaries in your own words can grind the gears to a halt.
Now I’m not saying that that work isn’t worth it — because it is!
Putting something in your own words is a REALLY effective way to confirm understanding and process the information.
But it probably shouldn’t be *minimum requirement*.
Putting something in your own words is a REALLY effective way to confirm understanding and process the information.
But it probably shouldn’t be *minimum requirement*.
As long as authorship is clear, and you can trace information back to the source material — and you are not at risk of mistaking someone else's words as your own...
Then I consider the “in your own words” caveat a bottleneck to connecting your ideas (and the ideas of others).
Then I consider the “in your own words” caveat a bottleneck to connecting your ideas (and the ideas of others).
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