Zettelkasten is German for *slip-box*: a box with slips of paper in it. Each piece of paper has a single idea on it. The Zettelkasten Method was originally developed by [[Niklas Luhmann]], a very prolific social scientist, as a system of taking notes on his reading. > “Until we merge the contents, the information, ideas, and thoughts of other people into our own knowledge, we haven’t really learned a thing.” —[[Christian Tietze]] > “The brain is no place for serious thinking. If you’re thinking about something important and complicated, write it down.” —[[Jack Altman]] --- ## Reference [Achieving balance between reading and writing · Hrvoje Šimić](https://shime.sh/achieving-balance-between-reading-and-writing) [Amazon.com: How to Take Smart Notes: One Simple Technique to Boost Writing, Learning and Thinking – for Students, Academics and Nonfiction Book Writers eBook: Sönke Ahrens: Kindle Store](https://www.amazon.com/How-Take-Smart-Notes-Nonfiction-ebook/dp/B06WVYW33Y) [The Collector’s Fallacy • Zettelkasten Method](https://zettelkasten.de/posts/collectors-fallacy/) [[Sean Johnson]] on Twitter: ["2) Add them to a note-taking system (I use Bear). One idea per note. Re-phrase your highlights in your own words. Reference the source so you can track it down later."](https://twitter.com/intentionally/status/1234918068184342530?s=12) - This got me re-thinking how to use [[Bear]], and of course I'm going to overthink it. [[2020-03-04]]