Before or after what? If it is a passage in a book, or an article you wrote, I agree that’s enough. But what about a nebulous concept you struggled to put into words? Or an idea which seemed to have suprising links to other thoughts, which you didn’t pursue at the time. If you write all this stuff down explicitly, then fine. If not, and you’re writing style is like mine, then it seems better to link to other cards and leave it to your future self to figure it out.
Plus, links provide the system extra information with which it can auto-suggest other relevant ideas that you weren’t even aware you were considering.
Why can’t any individual ‘item’ be shown with context like a dozen lines before/after (eg fading out)?
Before or after what? If it is a passage in a book, or an article you wrote, I agree that’s enough. But what about a nebulous concept you struggled to put into words? Or an idea which seemed to have suprising links to other thoughts, which you didn’t pursue at the time. If you write all this stuff down explicitly, then fine. If not, and you’re writing style is like mine, then it seems better to link to other cards and leave it to your future self to figure it out.
Plus, links provide the system extra information with which it can auto-suggest other relevant ideas that you weren’t even aware you were considering.