How did research even happen before the internet? It seems like there was a lot more mnemonic discipline involved. Especially in botany etc: how would you intuit whether you found a new species (of any sort of artifact)?
cc @Meaningness @andy_matuschak
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Niklas Luhmann's idea of Zettelkasten impinges on this, but for a deep dive on how indigenous cultures all over the world did this in a pre-industrial setting look at Dr.
@Lynne_Kelly's work. Specifically: Knowledge & Power in Prehistoric [more...] https://boffosocko.com/2020/05/11/55770907/ … -
this looks amazing, thank you!
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