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Sönke Ahrens

Auteur de How to Take Smart Notes

10 oeuvres 719 utilisateurs 18 critiques

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Date de naissance
1975
Sexe
male
Nationalité
Germany
Lieux de résidence
Hamburg, Germany
Professions
researcher
coach
Organisations
University of Duisburg-Essen

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This book reads a bit like a little red book written by a zealot who thinks he has discovered the best thing since slice bread and that people who do not adopt the system used by his mentor is a jackass. There are a few good things to say about this book and a lot of negative.
On the positive side the book wraps up quite nicely the note-taking system of Niklaas Luhmann and describes in detail how it works and why it supposedly works so fine. It is also a good effort at trying to promote it and demonstrating the benefit for research and for learning.

However quoting dozens of papers is not enough. A lot in there is unconvincing, starting by the failure to account for the most basic logic: the author argues that Luhmann’s career and volume of academic production is a proof of the effectiveness of his system, however the history of science is made of hundreds of individuals who have produced more than Luhmann, either in quantity or in quality terms. Let’s face it, this Luhmann is a nobody and I would prefer to write one great paper in my career than 200 mediocre ones. Another criticism also pertains to the lack of logical rigour of the author: even if Luhmann’s system has some good ideas in it, does it necessarily mean that it should be strictly replicated? Do all people of a given career track have to have exactly the same productivity system?

There is a lot more (of negative) that can be said about this book but I prefer to cut it there. If you want to get some inspiration for a note-taking system aiming at academic research, there are a few ideas to pick there, even if a 1000 signs article from the internet will likely get you almost as far. The poor writing and fanatical standpoint are a bit of a turn-off nevertheless.

Strong points
1. Good presentation of the Zettelkasten
2. Developed arguments to support it
3. Grounded in research

Weak points
1. Work of a zealot
2. Claims for scientific rigour but does not obey elementary logic
3. Poor writing and scornful regarding alternative approaches. Just get laid, man.
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