%% [[Knowledge Value Making]] tags:: #note/idea | #on/pkm | #on/idea people:: #people/biancapereira # Atomic notes Lon Setnik dates:: 2022-09-25 %% *One note - one idea.* This reminds me of [[positivism]] vs [[Constructivism]] It's kind of like what is it why does it matter ### What would the opposite argument be? ## Sources: https://twitter.com/i/spaces/1djxXlBZzkNxZ?s=20 ## atomic notes ### what? one note - one idea an alternative to full document notes - an object of attention (you are taking a picture, what are you focusing on?) - as soon as an idea starts to steal attention from the object of attention, it should become it's own note, and a link should occur - they can be long if they need to be, it depends on what is your object of attention - if you work on an idea for a long time, it tends to become a map of content - Goal of research -> expand the boundaries ### why? #### in comparison to full document notes - finding easier (not isolated to a single document) - synthesizing easier, multiple documents have one idea - hard to connect ideas because we don't know the ideas, only the documents - easier to create knowledge, overviews, etc. - Don't worry about keeping the limits tight, instead write the idea, and when the details lead to new ideas, create new [[atomic notes]] that link ### how to create? - you should write the ideas in your own words as a way to refer to what inspired you some people believe totally ok to create a quote from someone else's work and use as your note, but Bianca believes you should write your own Identify ideas: "Billy and Jill went to the bookstore yesterday" - billy and jill's relationship - bookstores - that specific bookstore - yesterday, the day - Billy and Jills trips in general - Billy - Jill - Billy and Jills trip specific yesterday Helpful to focus on [[Identifying Reality]] and taking [[observation]]s about it.