Writing the Future
The Zettelkasten method is a powerful, old school tool for personal knowledge management and research. Originating from the German term for “slip box,” this system involves jotting down individual bits of information on paper slips (usually index cards because of their uniform size and robustness), which are then linked via various metadata, like tags and …
Niklas Luhmann stands out not just for his theories but also for his extraordinary scholarly output. Luhmann is a German sociologist, and is renowned for his contributions to systems theory. He was famously productive, having authored more than 70 books (!) and 400 scholarly articles over his career. He wrote on an eclectic variety of …
Personal knowledge management or PKM is a fancy name for loosely knit set of frameworks and concepts that help “knowledge workers” (aka paper pushers, white collar professionals, students, creators, or anyone who primarily uses their brain to work as opposed to their brawn) to handle knowledge in a way that is beneficial to their personal …