Source: 📖 How to Take Smart Notes ch.12

Think within the slip-box, not about the slip-box

The slip-box is an extension of our brain—we should be thinking in the slip-box, not about the slip-box. Clusters that naturally form indicate areas where order has naturally emerged out of complexity. They are the points where information has been mixing and interacting after being extracted from different sources.

See also:

• The purpose of the Zettelkasten is to compensate for the limitations of our brains