Some more thoughts: there’s one card in my notes that asks:
“According to Ray Dalio, when you have a problem, you should ask yourself 6 questions:
What went wrong?
Have you made a mistake like this before?
What was the immediate cause of the problem?
What was the root cause of the problem?
What can you do to correct the problem in the short term?
What can you do to prevent problems like these in the long term?”
All 6 questions are hidden on the same card, so I have to provide all 6 in order to mark the card correct. Following the principle of atomization, I might have thought to create 6 different cards, one for each question to ask, but my experience with such atomized lists tends to be that each card is much more slippery, and the different items would all blend together in my mind (creating problems both during review and when the opportunity for application arises), whereas when the list is presented as a cohesive whole, it’s much easier to remember each part as a part of the whole, and makes each part contrast better with the other items
Some more thoughts: there’s one card in my notes that asks:
“According to Ray Dalio, when you have a problem, you should ask yourself 6 questions: What went wrong? Have you made a mistake like this before? What was the immediate cause of the problem? What was the root cause of the problem? What can you do to correct the problem in the short term? What can you do to prevent problems like these in the long term?”
All 6 questions are hidden on the same card, so I have to provide all 6 in order to mark the card correct. Following the principle of atomization, I might have thought to create 6 different cards, one for each question to ask, but my experience with such atomized lists tends to be that each card is much more slippery, and the different items would all blend together in my mind (creating problems both during review and when the opportunity for application arises), whereas when the list is presented as a cohesive whole, it’s much easier to remember each part as a part of the whole, and makes each part contrast better with the other items