The advantage of the Zettelkasten resides in that notes can be flipped around and cross-referenced instead just of being on a fixed page in a book. Illustration of a Foetus by Leonardo Da Vinici (Image: Wikipedia (Public Domain)) The “Commonplace Book” idea was used by great minds like Marcus Aurelius, Thomas Jefferson, or Leonardo Da Vinci to record their thoughts and as a help for remembering useful concepts or facts. If we dig a little bit deeper, the Zettelkasten could be described as a “Commonplace Book 2.0”. In one way or another, it can be linked to Robert Greene’s technique of writing books using index cards. It happens mainly within the Zettelkasten.” - Niklas Luhmann “I, of course, do not think about everything by myself. Not only is it supposed to be great storage of ideas and knowledge, but it also encourages thinking and creativity. He credited his Zettelkasten for cranking out more than 70 books and nearly 400 academic articles. In the last century, Niklas Luhmann (a German sociologist) has been intensively using this methodology for prolific scientific output. As its name suggests, in his analog version, it’s nothing else than a drawer full of index cards. Zettelkasten is a German word that literally means “Slip box”. Screenshot provided by Author Zettel… What?
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