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Sorry: mu. I'm not interested in using my notes this way. This fitness function isn't uncorrelated with my goals, but it's a poor basis vector. I really don't identify with the goals of almost anyone who writes about notes. More and more I feel I need to abandon the term "note."
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(This sounds a touch uncharitable, but please interpret it charitably) The most common goal for note systems (particularly e.g. BASB) seems to be "I want to be able to rapidly write a short Medium essay from excerpts and jottings." That's fine! It's not my goal.
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Also, we need a name for this weird sub-culture of note taking geeks (which is a branch of the weird productivity sub-culture), mostly so we can remind ourselves how particular (and a bit funny) this little sub-culture is. (I say this as a card-carrying member of course)
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Theres a way you can say all those meta-thoughts about process are "blogging about note taking systems" If you say they aren't, seems like "No True Scotsman" fallacy. Writing is a tool for thinking Changing how you write changes how you think.
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