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Reflection on two years of writing evergreen notes: not optimal for skill acquisition and learning

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I've created more than a thousand evergreen notes in about two years. This has been very useful in my learning and exploration, without a doubt. However, I don't feel that the practice of taking evergreen notes significantly improved my mental ability to "connect the dots": After taking an evergreen note, the usual practice is to think what already existing notes are related to the new note, and link them. I often struggle to recall more than a single related note. However, through that first link, I can explore the "link closure" and often find many more related notes. I regularly create a note and then through related links, I discover that almost exactly the same note already exists. I completely forget about it when I create a new note. Unfortunately, I don't have statistics of the graph of my notes, but I'd expect the average number of links to be 6 and the median is 3. For me personally, this graph is a really valuable body of information and links. I'm often amused to explore it

Reflection on two years of writing evergreen notes: not optimal for skill acquisition and learning Reference frames, ontologies, systems thinking, and an idea of a "mind gardener" tool Nov 28, 2021 21 4 1 Share Evergreen notes don't reflect the mental maps of one's mind I've created more than a thousand evergreen notes in about two years. This has been very useful in my learning and exploration, without a doubt. However, I don't feel that the practice of taking evergreen notes significantly improved my mental ability to "connect the dots": After taking an evergreen note, the usual practice is

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