I thought the whole point was that you're organizing your thoughts and ideas across connected notes. I didn't think it required publishing. Got any more info on this? I want to publish someday
> I thought the whole point was that you're organizing your thoughts and ideas across connected notes.
I think the whole point is that you're NOT organizing :D
You end up sequencing the notes under a main line of thought per topic, but the idea is that the connections between your notes help you discover new unforeseen connections.
> I didn't think it required publishing.
I don't think it requires it either, but it seems like it's a waste of effort if you don't want to publish the product of your "notes" at some point.
The method asks that you write the notes in a publishable state, so you need to invest time to write like this. This time improves the form of the content, but not the content itself, and if your goal is only to remember or learn, then it's the content that you care about, and a lower quality edit would also do the job.
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It is "sold" as a general productivity method, highlighting the fact that Luhmann (the creator) published 50+ books and 600+ articles in his life. I believe it is a publishing productivity method.
I still think it must be beneficial, but the question is are you able to keep up with the effort required if you don't have this end goal of publishing your writings? I'm not sure I do.
> I still think it must be beneficial, but the question is are you able to keep up with the effort required if you don't have this end goal of publishing your writings? I'm not sure I do.
This is the exact conclusion I came to. Honestly, a personal wiki seems better in this regard.
