Knowledge Management
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This note is about techniques of knowledge management across context. It is relevant for acquisition, retention, propagation, accrual and sharing of knowledge. It is related to the challenges of note taking.
- It is easy to acquire knowledge. Digital techniques make most of knowledge readily accessible at any time.
- It is hard to know which knowledge is worth acquiring.
- It is important to have a system to forward knowledge through time, to the future situation or problem or challenge where it is most applicable.
Tiago Forte on Progressive Summarization
Ontologies and Knowledge Organisation
An interesting blog post discussion the difficulty of categorisation and giving philosophical and AI definitions of ontology. Relevant as it argues for flexible organisation of knowledge. Shirky: Ontology is Overrated -- Categories, Links, and Tags
References
Ahrens, Sönke. How to Take Smart Notes: One Simple Technique to Boost Writing, Learning and Thinking: For Students, Academics and Nonfiction Book Writers. North Charleston: CreateSpace, 2017.
Kadavy, David. Digital Zettelkasten: Principles, Methods, & Examples. Medellín: David Kadavy, 2021.
McPherson, Fiona. Effective Notetaking. 2nd ed. 2007. Reprint, Los Gatos: Smashwords Edition, 2014.