![]() ![]() This book explains the system that Luhmann used and refines some of the discussion around in as times have changed and notes are more likely to be digitised now. He used this method of note taking and storing and it has been debated ever since. ‘ Zettlekasten‘ is a note-taking technique devised by Niklaus Luhmann, a well -known sociologist in Germany who wrote vast numbers of papers. ‘Studying does not prepare students for independent research, it is independent research’ ![]() And being of a curious mind, I bought the book. That’s the name of the ‘one simple technique’ which is referred to on the front cover, that will ‘boost writing, learning and thinking – for students, academics and non-fiction writers’. This book is an explanation of the Zettlekasten technique. I was recommended Roam Research (I’ll come back to that in another post) on Twitter when I was asking for advice about note taking apps and then through trying to learn about Roam and how to best use it, I came across discussion of the Zettlekasten technique of note-taking. I can’t remember how I first fell across this book. And best ideas are usually the ones we haven’t anticipated anyway. Each added a bit of information, filtered only by our interest, is a contribution to our future understanding, thinking and writing. I doubt we would have even learned to speak. ‘Imagine if we went through life learning only what we planned to learn or being explicitly taught. It is available on Amazon here and you can also download the first chapter, free, here and learn more about the book. This review relates to the book ‘How to Take Smart Notes’ by Sonke Ahrens. ![]()
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