This is very interesting. I used to use org-roam and also experimented with other zettelkasten software over the past few years, but eventually it all grew very overwhelming because of the problem of updating notes. The bigger your note pile, the bigger the blocker (it seems to me at least) of updating your notes as you get a better understanding of reality.
Could you elaborate more on your setup, especially your knowledge base and how you use it?
How large did your note pile get before it felt overwhelming?
It’s true that sometimes I see things I wrote that are clearly outdated or mistaken, but that’s sort of fun because I see that I leveled up!
It’s also embarrassing to have published mistakes online, so I’ve learned to make fewer unqualified claims and instead just document the path by which I arrived to my current conclusion. Such documentations are essentially timeless, as johnswentworth explains at How To Write Quickly While Maintaining Epistemic Rigor.
Still, I’m keeping more and more notes private over time, because of my increasing quality standards. But ignoring the matter of private/public, then I don’t perceive updating as a problem yet, no. I don’t mind having very outdated notes lying around, especially if they’re private anyway. When I rediscover them, they will be effortless to update.
This is very interesting. I used to use org-roam and also experimented with other zettelkasten software over the past few years, but eventually it all grew very overwhelming because of the problem of updating notes. The bigger your note pile, the bigger the blocker (it seems to me at least) of updating your notes as you get a better understanding of reality.
Could you elaborate more on your setup, especially your knowledge base and how you use it?
Hmm. About 50% of my note pile can be browsed on https://edstrom.dev/. I have some notes on the method under https://edstrom.dev/zvjjm/slipbox-workflow.
How large did your note pile get before it felt overwhelming?
It’s true that sometimes I see things I wrote that are clearly outdated or mistaken, but that’s sort of fun because I see that I leveled up!
It’s also embarrassing to have published mistakes online, so I’ve learned to make fewer unqualified claims and instead just document the path by which I arrived to my current conclusion. Such documentations are essentially timeless, as johnswentworth explains at How To Write Quickly While Maintaining Epistemic Rigor.
Still, I’m keeping more and more notes private over time, because of my increasing quality standards. But ignoring the matter of private/public, then I don’t perceive updating as a problem yet, no. I don’t mind having very outdated notes lying around, especially if they’re private anyway. When I rediscover them, they will be effortless to update.