The value in ideas and knowledge come from understanding how they fit together.
Ideas start out as fragile and fleeting. They need to be nurtured and connected to other ideas to truly thrive.
The value and insights of ideas come from their connection: the relationship between them. Bridging seemingly disparate ideas and seeing a connection that wasnāt previously seen is where insights and creativity come from.
Itās the difference between knowing something and understanding something.
The idea compass is a useful thought framework for connecting ideas.
This is very similar to human relationships where the value comes from the connection. Applied to your most important relationship (the relationship to yourself), itās the difference between knowing that something ābothersā you and how and being able to move past it.
Neurons (artificial and natural) also produce value not from themselves, but in the way they are connected to other neurons.
Computers become far more useful when they are networked together.
The fundamental idea of art is taking existing things and combining them in new and creative ways where the sum is greater than its parts.
šļø Zettelkasten Method: How To Take Smart Notes For Knowledge Management
ā¦if thereās meaning in links, theyāreĀ implicitĀ at best. That applies well into theĀ series of links. For them to be useful in the long run, you have toĀ capture the meaningĀ of these thought trails as soon as possible. (i.e.Ā make themĀ explicitĀ ā just like how you turn fleeting notes into zettels)
The point of note-taking is to think better. Capturing is a means to it; retention is merely a side effect.