Knowledge systems which display contextual backlinks to a node open up an interesting new behavior. You can bootstrap a new node extensionally (rather than intensionally) by simply linking to it from many other nodes—even before it has any content.
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Those backlinks provide kindling for writing the "proper" content of the node later. Seems important for the system to display the backlinks' *context:* a simple list of backlinks won’t implicitly define a node very effectively. Gotta see the context around the link.
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Sounds a lot like the initial pass one does when learning by analogy. A is like X. A is bigger than B. (A doesn't have full content, yet we can already say much about it from those links)
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"There is generality in the specific, and that is of far reaching importance" https://steve-yegge.blogspot.com/2008/10/universal-design-pattern.html?m=1 …
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Had the same exact “aha” moment after using it for a week. Backlinks should really be more common.
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Definition through association
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Many definitions.
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Could the system somehow automatically make certain phrases into notes?
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We already have that
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Yes, by separating and foundation platform can share much.
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