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Discussion on: A System to Capture and Retain Knowledge

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MurrayVarey

Fascinating post, thank you! Niklas Luhmann is a new name to me.

I love reading but struggle with note taking -- I just can't make it consistently happen. Do you have a note-taking system or habit? Whatever you're doing, it sounds fairly successful ...

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Thomas De Moor

Zettelkasten is my note-taking system. And whenever I read something (or see something) that I find useful and/or interesting, I take notes about it & integrate it into my Zettelkasten. This is mostly for books. I never read books without taking notes. You go through them slower, but at least you have the knowledge summarized.

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MurrayVarey

Thanks! I can see how -- once you're already taking notes -- Zettelkasten is a great next step. I need to develop that habit. Perhaps having a Zettlkasten would work as inspiration for taking notes -- the desire to build on what you've already done.