#+title: How to Take Smart Notes
#+date: 2024-01-05
#+filetags: :reference:book:

* Citation

Ahrens, S. (2017). /How to Take Smart Notes/. CreateSpace.

* Summary

A guide to the [[file:../concepts/zettelkasten.org][Zettelkasten]] method based on Niklas Luhmann's practice.

* Key Ideas

1. Writing is thinking
2. One idea per note ([[file:../concepts/atomic-notes.org][Atomic Notes]])
3. Links over folders ([[file:../concepts/linking.org][Linking]])
4. Bottom-up organization

* Quotes

#+begin_quote
"The slip-box is designed to present you with ideas you have already forgotten."
#+end_quote

#+begin_quote
"Every intellectual endeavour starts from an already existing preconception."
#+end_quote

* Application

This book directly influenced the [[file:../projects/learning-system.org][Learning System]] project.