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21 sats \ 2 replies \ @398ja 23 Jun \ parent \ on: Is taking notes useless? ideasfromtheedge
I watched, yes.
The value added is not in the notes but in the connections you establish between them. This is what makes a Zettelkasten useful, and why Niklas Luhmann was so productive.
I thought what the video missed, was exactly that symbiotic relationship between knowledge/notes and wisdom/connections. The latter being kind of an emerging property of the former. You can't have one without the other.
One other aspect is that the notes are not just highlights from other people's text. You have to own them by rewriting them in your own words, and this intellectual process is invaluable, when performed on a regular basis over a long period of time.
So, if you allow yourself to assume, you derive value from the organization you make of your notes. Your production is in organizing and polishing everything you have accumulated. It is a way of seeing the whole and I respect that, but not everyone has this dedication to organizing the accumulation.
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You got it right, and for the record, I lack the dedication as well, or rather, I haven't found a digital tool that can help me achieve the whole workflow, so I do it sporadically only.
This would be a good activity to do when commuting on public transportation, in the doctor's waiting room etc, instead of watching "stupid" shorts on YouTube...
One or two notes a day would suffice, to start with, the accumulated long-term benefits would be massive!
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