What Is the Zettel Cast and System?

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The zettel cast and system is a method of note taking in which you create ideas bottom up top down. It was developed by this man named Nicholas Lumen in Germany. He didn't use a knowledge note taking app like obsidian, but he literally used a whole slitbox folder system. The way that creativity works is largely the same as it was 30 years ago.

We talked about my dad's experience researching for his thesis and books as an undergraduate without modern-day notetaking tools, what makes researchers interested in their research, the conflict with freer form notetaking and publishing, and how to make your notes accessible to the general public as an academic.

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