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No, Luhmann Was Not About Folgezettel • Zettelkasten Method

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I find these two phases in most of the processes I develop. This is because I am (1) an information binge eater and (2) hate clutter. One piece of clutter was the concept of Folgezettel. Update 2020-04-15: The topic re-emerged after a couple of years. There is quite some discussions in the forum. For example: Here, here and here. See this new post from 2020 for an expansion on that topic. A Folgezettel is a child to his parent note. Simple as that. In the past, we’ve translated this German word as “sequence of notes”, which is how Luhmann came up with the concept. Recently, I read on Daniel Lüdecke’s Blog his latest article about Luhmann’s Zettelkasten (German). For you fellows who don’t speak German, here’s a short summary of Daniel’s point of view: I disagree on multiple levels with Daniel. With links alone you can do what Luhmann had to achieve with the Folgezettel technique. So let’s dive into the arguments: Luhmann, the godfather of the Zettelkasten Method himself, wrote that it i

I follow a principle that Ido Portal put nicely into words: Principles are higher than techniques. Principles produce techniques in an instant. —Ido Portal During my journey of developing the Zettelkasten Method, I recall two phases: I collected features. These are the techniques you can use to develop a complex system of concepts, statements, arguments and models that make something we call a Zettelkasten, a second brain, which is more than just a second memory. I got rid of most of the features after I realized that they are redundant or a just plain harmful when they slowed me down. I find

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