Niklas Luhmann created the Zettelkasten note taking system which is particularly suited to capturing concepts and ideas that crosses multiple disciplines.
YouTuber Artem Kirsanov provides a concise description of this system. Click to watch his video above.
Notable characteristics of Zettelkasten are:
- Bottom up. No predetermined categories.
- One idea per note.
- As each note is added to the system, it is linked with relevant existing notes.
- Structure is thus emergent.
- It is a living system personalised to how you think.
- The magic is in the interrelations between ideas.
