Building a Simple Zettelkasten in Notion - Step-by-Step Tutorial

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A Zettelkasten (often also called a slip-box) is a decentralized system for note management. Instead of relying on folders, this system uses tags and internal links to connect relevant notes with each other.

This is quite similar to how the World Wide Web works. Here too, web pages are connected to each other via hyperlinks and form a network. The better a website is linked to the World Wide Web, the easier it is to find. The same principle applies to your notes in the Zettelkasten.

This system was invented by Niklas Luhmann, a German sociologist who worked in the second half of the 20th century and published over 70 books and 400 scientific articles throughout his career. His original Zettelkasten did not require any digital aids: links from one note to another were noted on the slips of paper. If Luhmann wanted to find a note, he had to go through his closet full of notes. ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mNgFfy440jg