Lately, when I “read” an article, I try to make a note of it in Scrapbox as much as possible. But when I do that, I can really make connections between various stories. I guess this kind of effort is a way to avoid hoarding.
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The number of links increases as a phenomenon, but there is also a real sense of something expanding, of a root expanding, of something growing firmer. - More links. spread one’s roots (of a tree, etc.)
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And, almost certainly, this is the same thing that used to be done with the information card system. Simply clipping is the same as cutting out a magazine, not the same as creating an information card. It is necessary to write down in “one’s own words” even if it is only a few. - write in one’s own words
- https://twitter.com/rashita2/status/1110023983615737856
We usually work under the assumption that the concept expressed by a word X is the same, even though it is different for each person.
- Sometimes when a major problem arises, we express that a “misunderstanding has occurred,” but it was never a “0% misunderstanding” in the first place.
- Some areas, such as mathematics, are meticulously and cost-effectively worked out to avoid misunderstandings.
- The average person doesn’t care about the definition of a word.
- The reason why it’s important to make it “one’s own words” is because other people’s words are not adequate to express one’s understanding
Related: Not a warehouse to put dead text in.
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