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How to Take Smart Notes

• Citation
• Summary
• Key Ideas
• Quotes
• Application

Citation

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

Summary

A guide to the Zettelkasten method based on Niklas Luhmann's practice.

Key Ideas

1. Writing is thinking
2. One idea per note (Atomic Notes)
3. Links over folders (Linking)
4. Bottom-up organization

Quotes

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

"Every intellectual endeavour starts from an already existing preconception."

Application

This book directly influenced the Learning System project.