제텔카스텐의 이해: 지식 근로자를 위한 노트 필기 시스템

지식 근로자가 아이디어를 효율적으로 연결하고 활용하여 창의성과 생산성을 높일 수 있도록 지원하는 Zettelkasten.

### 지식의 잠금 해제: 제텔카스텐 노트 필기 시스템
* 📝 독일어로 '전표 상자'라는 뜻의 **Zettelkasten**은 지식 근로자가 기존 지식을 활용하면서 새로운 정보를 배우고 그 사이의 연관성을 파악할 수 있도록 도와주는 효율적인 노트 필기 시스템입니다.
* 📚 독일의 사회학자 니클라스 루만이 개발한 이 방법을 통해 그는 **30년이 넘는 기간 동안 70여 권의 책과 수백 편의 기사를 작성**했으며, **연평균 2권 이상의 책**을 출간할 수 있었습니다.
* 🗒 제텔카스텐 방식은 세 가지 유형의 노트, 즉 **빠른 생각을 기록하는 찰나 노트, 소비한 콘텐츠를 요약하는 문헌 노트, 처음 두 가지 유형의 인사이트를 종합하는 영구 노트**로 구성됩니다.
* 🔗 "지식 근로자의 생산성은 **하루에 얼마나 많은 영구 노트를 작성하는지**에 따라 측정되어야 합니다."라고 연구원 Sankar Ahrens는 말하며 명확하고 연결된 노트의 중요성을 강조합니다.
* 📦 루만은 자신의 노트를 두 개의 상자로 정리했는데, **고유 ID로 분류된 문헌 노트를 위한 참고 상자**와 **문헌 노트와 임시 메모에서 파생된 영구 노트를 위한 아이디어 상자**였습니다.
* 🌐 제텔카스텐 시스템은 다학제적 사고를 촉진하는 상향식 접근 방식으로, 사용자가 **아이디어를 경직된 범주에 가두지 않고 아이디어 간의 연관성을 확인**할 수 있도록 합니다.
* 🔄 **사용자 지정이 핵심**입니다. 사용자는 **모든 노트를 하나의 상자에 담거나 시간순 또는 공간순으로 정리**하는 등 자신의 사고 스타일에 맞게 시스템을 조정할 수 있습니다.
* 📈 제텔카스텐을 도입한 이후, 발표자를 포함한 많은 사용자가 **창의성과 생산성이 향상**되어 콘텐츠를 더 쉽게 생성하고 옵시디언과 같은 도구를 통해 연결을 시각화할 수 있게 되었다고 말합니다.

Let's talk about Zettelkasten. This is the efficient note-taking system that is going to help any knowledge worker out there leverage what they already know and learn new information, and be able to see the connection between the two. Hi, everyone, it's Vicky. Welcome back to my channel. If you're new here, I talk about mental models and frameworks for clear thinking and clear communications. So let's go into what is Zettelkasten, how do we use it, and what benefits you'll get out of this! What is Zettelkasten? First, Zettelkasten means slip box in German. Zettel is slip, which usually refers to a slip of paper or index card, and Kasten means crate, which is like a box that you put the index cards in. Niklas Luhmann, a German sociologist, used this unique note-taking system in order to track all

his research and to be able to produce 70 books and hundreds of articles in just 30 plus years. That's an average of more than two books a year, as well as all the academic articles. So how did he do this? It's with the Zettelkasten method, and the method is very simple. All you need are 3 things: you need a Zettel, which is the pieces of paper. You need Kasten, which is the box or the crate, and then you just need a pen. Of course, this is the analog version of Zettelkasten, and I'll share with you the digital version of it as well. But let's start from the basics of how Luhmann did it. 3 Types of Zettel (notes) There are three types of Zettel, three types of notes. They are fleeting notes, literature notes, and permanent notes. First, fleeting notes. These are the thoughts that

come through our head as we go on our daily lives, whether it's shower thoughts, thoughts that you have when you're taking a long walk, when you're talking to friends and all of a sudden you have an epiphany. These are thoughts that disappear very quickly, so we must capture them first. The second type of notes are literature notes. This is what we write down when we are consuming content, whether it's reading a book or an article, listening to a podcast, watching a YouTube video, watching a movie, listening to songs, it doesn't matter what it is. When you're consuming content, you want to write down literature notes, and these capture: 1. one atomic idea each. So it has to be brief, no more than three to five sentences. 2. It also has to be re-described in your own words so that you internalize what is being said.

3. You also want to be able to note down the references so you know exactly where it came from, and you can always go back to reference it. So now we have fleeting notes from everyday life. We have literature notes from when we consume content and when we are learning. Then the third type of notes are permanent notes. We create permanent notes by reviewing what we have written in fleeting notes and in our literature notes. So the input is the literature notes and the fleeting thoughts they've had, and the output is the permanent note. As researcher Sankar Ahrens says, the productivity of a knowledge worker should be tracked by how many permanent notes you produce a day, and the rules for writing a permanent note are: 1. One atomic idea per note. 2. Express the idea clearly, assuming the reader does not have context. 3. Connect them with the other notes in your system. The rationale behind these

rules is simple. First, you want one idea per note because these are building blocks. Each note is a building block where you can rearrange and connect with new ideas, old ideas, things that seemingly are not connected. So you want to be able to remove complexity and be able to rearrange these ideas. Then you want to assume that the reader doesn't have any context, and this is because you are trying to make the system future-proof. I'm sure this has happened to so many of us where in the moment we jot something down thinking, I know exactly what I'm saying, and the next day you go back to this note and you have no idea what you wrote. So to avoid that and to be able to articulate your ideas properly, we want to make sure that it is expressed clearly without needing a lot of context. So that not only your current self can use this, future self can use this as well. And then, we want to connect them within the

system. And this is really where the crux of the Zettelkasten method comes in. The connections are what makes your knowledge usable. I'm sure most of us have this experience in school where we have all these isolated ideas that we've memorized, but we don't know how to use them. We don't know how to piece them together. What is the bigger picture here? And so the Zettelkasten method, it really is to help you think about the big picture and to see the interconnections between different ideas and how they may relate to each other. 

Setting up Kasten (boxes) Which brings us to the next point of how to set up the boxes. The Kasten of the Zettelkasten. The way Luhmann set this up was using only two boxes or two kastens. The first one is reference, which had all of his literature

notes categorized by a unique ID, and the other box is ideas, which stored all the permanent notes that were based on the literature notes, as well as fleeting notes. Now, the fleeting notes weren't actually categorized. Instead, what you would do is review it on a regular basis with the literature notes, and then, if appropriate, he would elevate it to a permanent note. Why Zettelkasten? The most important aspect of Zettelkasten is that it is not a top-down organizing system. So what I mean by that is, we don't create folders named psychology, sociology, math, science, and then we try to slot our notes into the categories. We're not trying to force our ideas into a folder. Instead, it's a bottom-up approach where we have all the notes and we keep them there. And over time, we try to see what comes out of these notes,

elevating our original ideas into permanent notes, which dictate what topic they are, what the ideas are about. This way, you can have more of a multidisciplinary approach. You can see connections, intersections between ideas without abstractly limiting yourself by putting things into folders. I'm a huge proponent of intersectional thinking - this idea that the connection between ideas, the intersection, is where creativity happens, is where innovation happens. It's where we realize how the world actually works. And that's why Zettelkasten for me is a really important system. Customizing your Zettelkasten. Now, I want to caveat by saying that the way Luhmann set up his Zettelkasten might not make sense to you per se. Depending on how you think, you might need to tweak things a little bit. For example, with the boxes, some people actually prefer to just have one box to put all

ideas in fleeting notes, literature notes, and permanent notes all into one place. And because they are digitized, it is easier for them to go in and search for things. For others, it might be chronological. That they think in time. So they think, OK, last week I had this idea and I think it connects to my idea now. And so instead, they would organize things by time. Or if you're a spatial thinker, I am one of those. I need to think about things in, OK, this is the fleeting note box. This is the literature box. And this is my ideas box. And to be able to know which idea belongs where, and I know exactly how to retrieve them and how to connect them together. So there's a lot of flexibility in Luhmann's system because it is so simple. If you're interested, I walk through my setup of Zettelkasten in Obsidian. I actually write a lot of my notes by hand, so

I'll also show you how you can digitize your notes so you can still have everything in one place and also how to sync it between different devices. Because as I've talked about, fleeting notes are the ones that you need to capture immediately. And sometimes all you have is your phone, but you do most of your note-taking on your computer. So how do you sync things between devices? I'll cover all of that in this video here. Let me know in the comments if you're currently using Zettelkasten, or if you're getting into it now, or if you're still on the fence. Because ever since I started this, my creativity has increased, my productivity has increased. It's so much easier for me to write my newsletter on intersectional thinking, so much easier to produce YouTube content. I have a huge list of things I want to write about, talk about,

and the best part is that you can start anywhere. And over time, you have that satisfaction of seeing ideas emerge, especially if you're using Obsidian like I am, in the graph. It will visually show you what the connections are, and that is so powerful. Not something that my measly mind can come up with by itself. So if you're not building a second brain, you should really consider it. And with that, if you found this video helpful, please give it a thumbs up. Subscribe if you haven't already. I'll talk about more of how to create your personal knowledge management system in the future videos. So stay tuned for that, and I'll see you in the next video. Bye!

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결제 상자 이해하기: 효율적인 노트 필기 시스템

독일어로 '전표 상자'라는 뜻의 Zettelkasten은 니클라스 루만이 연구를 추적하고 30년 동안 70권이 넘는 책과 수백 개의 기사를 작성하기 위해 개발한 노트 필기 시스템입니다.

이 방법은 세 가지 주요 구성 요소인 종이(Zettel), 상자(Kasten), 펜으로 이루어져 있습니다.

이 시스템에는 세 가지 유형의 노트가 있는데, 순간적인 생각을 위한 찰나 노트, 콘텐츠 소비에서 아이디어를 포착하기 위한 문헌 노트, 이러한 아이디어를 내면화하고 다시 설명하기 위한 영구 노트가 있습니다.

지식 관리에서 영구 노트의 중요성

영구 노트는 임시 노트와 문헌 노트를 검토하여 만들어지며, 이 프로세스의 결과물 역할을 합니다.

지식 근로자의 생산성은 매일 생성되는 영구 노트의 수로 측정됩니다.

영구 노트 작성의 주요 규칙에는 노트당 하나의 원자적인 아이디어, 맥락 없이 명확한 표현, 시스템의 다른 노트와 연결하기 등이 있습니다.

제텔카스텐 방법: 아이디어 연결하기

제텔카스텐 방식은 서로 다른 아이디어 사이의 상호 연관성을 강조해 지식을 유용하게 만드는 데 중점을 둡니다.

이 방법에는 참조 노트와 영구적이고 일시적인 노트를 위한 두 개의 상자를 설정하는 것이 포함됩니다.

이 방법은 상향식 접근 방식을 사용해 노트를 미리 정의된 카테고리로 강제 분류하는 대신 시간이 지남에 따라 노트가 쌓이고 연결성이 드러낼 수 있도록 합니다.

교차적 사고를 위한 제텔카스텐 사용자 지정하기

제텔카스텐 시스템은 독창적인 아이디어를 영구적인 노트로 승격시켜 아이디어 사이의 연관성을 탐색할 수 있도록 함으로써 다학제적 접근을 장려합니다.

모든 노트를 하나의 상자에 모으기, 시간 순서, 공간 분리 등 다양한 정리 방식을 선호할 수 있으므로 사용자 정의가 중요합니다.

이 시스템의 단순함은 유연성을 제공해 개인의 사고 스타일에 맞게 쉽게 조정하고 적응할 수 있습니다.

창의성과 생산성을 위한 노트 디지털화 및 동기화

이 동영상은 노트를 디지털화하고 장치 간에 동기화하는 방법을 설명하며 찰나의 메모를 포착하는 것의 중요성을 강조합니다.

발표자는 제텔카스텐 방법과 아이디어 연결을 시각화하기 위해 옵시디언을 사용한 긍정적인 경험을 공유합니다.

시청자들에게 제2의 두뇌를 만들어 보라고 권유하며 개인 지식 관리 시스템 구축에 관한 향후 동영상을 예고합니다.