``` tags: Article draft: True ``` *Created: `=dateformat(this.file.ctime, "yyyy-MM-dd")` Last modified: `=dateformat(this.file.mtime, "yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm")`* up:: [[Welcome]] Useful overview of note-making for understanding different topics an their connections: [[My Step By Step Process For Taking Conceptual Lecture Notes In Obsidian]] The figure below provides a good learning strategy for learning in standard (university) classes. There the focus is on mastering the course material. ![[5 steps for reading lecture notes.png]] Useful YouTube: https://youtu.be/wbepNR3fTbw based on [[RemNote]]. Here a comparison between different note-taking/not-making apps: https://youtu.be/iu-8Xor23Jg . The focus of a Worldview Masterclass extends from mastering course content to developing a consistent and realistic worldview. Hence whatever is learned does need to be vetted for quality, realism, and consistency and eventually integrated into your worldview. Obsidian seems to be the best for that. (Especially because possible alternative Notion stores information online and locks you in. Obsidian is just markdown.) ## Make atomic notes - Start with notes that just emerge - Then separate the idea a core and links to existing or new atomic notes - Ideas similar, supportive, and consistent (West) - Ideas that are opposed, alternative, or inconsistent (East) - Are there emerging themes or questions (North) - What does this lead to (for me)? How does this fit in everything else I understand (South) ## Make narratives through combining atomic notes Start typically as question or theme notes ## Permanent notes are worldview worthy and shareable Completish narratives are worldview worthy: worthy Some atomic notes are also worldview worthy: worthy ## Create flashcards flashcards ## Make notes search friendly Note making rules: - **The principle of atomicity:** There are mainly three types of notes: Fleeting notes, literature notes, and permanent notes. The main purpose of the zettelkasten system is to create a permanent note with the help of fleeting notes and literature notes. The permanent note is also called ‘Zettel’. And _each Zettel can only contain one idea_. - **The principle of autonomy**: The note should be able to comprehend itself. This means that even the person who doesn’t know its source can get value from it. This makes a note valuable even when the source disappears. - **Don’t just copy and paste:** When you come across an interesting idea or useful information that you might need in the future, you should add it in your zettelkasten by writing it in your own words. Don’t just jump the author’s words in your zettelkasten mindlessly. This helps you not only to comprehend but also understand the idea better. - **Always link your notes:** If you don’t link a note in zettelkasten, it might get lost or hidden. So, when you add notes, you link them to already existing notes. - **Connect with context:** _A note is only as valuable as its context_. It means that you have to tag notes, not in the context you find them, rather in the context that you want to find them. Tagging notes this way means you can easily find the notes when you want to and increase your efficiency in the work. - **Use References:** Always add references and bibliographical information on the notes so that you know where you got the idea from when you look back at your notes in the future and revisit them in case you want to. - **Its usefulness grows with time:** The more you store notes, the more it is useful. You can see the link of one note with another and then another. This helps you to broaden your thinking. It helps you to discover new ideas, and find gaps in your knowledge. You can think in ways that you had never thought before. ### Tags for the function of the note Tags - Questions - Ideas - Supplementary notes Make notes findable - Have descriptive titles - Put keywords in the texts to find them via (keyword) search