#### [[Andy Matuschak's Evergreen Notes]] **Creator**:: [[Andy Matuschak]] **Source**:: [Evergreen notes](https://notes.andymatuschak.org/Evergreen_notes) ^d0ee6a **Covers**:: [[second brain]], [[knowledge management]] #TO/EXPLORE/READ [Cognitive scaffolding](https://notes.andymatuschak.org/z8ZWYXFwXV38qiCgRx7zf2ySy9WCxWvcizNVr) #### Links [Evergreen notes should be densely linked](https://notes.andymatuschak.org/z2HUE4ABbQjUNjrNemvkTCsLa1LPDRuwh1tXC) ^8d0b78 [Understanding requires effortful engagement](https://notes.andymatuschak.org/zX1WtJ4ouE8sjN1NgWHsGVg8ZnVfp5Kz74Vs) ^d938be [Many eminent thinkers need a writing surface to think](https://notes.andymatuschak.org/z5WDNZizsbAzE1p2BLwr339fV4TCpzNvaztP2) ^67fb4a [Prefer associative ontologies to hierarchical taxonomies](https://notes.andymatuschak.org/z29hLZHiVt7W2uss2uMpSZquAX5T6vaeSF6Cy) ^0c8ef6 #### Notes - [[evergreen notes]]s evolve, contribute, and accumulate over time/projects - [[evergreen notes]]s support knowledge, transient notes don't - [[evergreen notes]]s should be: - atomic - concept oriented - densely linked - organically structural - My reading inbox is the to(do) structure and my writing inbox is the ever(green) structure [[my TO(DO) and EVER(GREEN) structure]] ^4e6b97 - > Organizing by concept makes note-taking a little harder, but in a useful way: when writing new notes, we have to find where they fit into the whole. So we explore some part of our prior web of notes, which may lead us somewhere unexpected. [](https://notes.andymatuschak.org/About_these_notes?stackedNotes=z4SDCZQeRo4xFEQ8H4qrSqd68ucpgE6LU155C&stackedNotes=z6bci25mVUBNFdVWSrQNKr6u7AZ1jFzfTVbMF) - > These are often declarative or imperative phrases making a strong claim. This puts pressure on me to adequately support the claim in the body. If I write a note but struggle to summarize it in a sharp title, that’s often a sign that my thinking is muddy or that this note is about several topics" - > "define a new node extensionally (rather than intentionally) by simply linking to it from many other nodes—even before it has any content" %% [[Stub notes are data structures for implicit knowledge gathering]]%% ^vscgpo - > "You need to be able to see the context around the backlink to understand what’s being implied." ### [[spaced repetition]] - [Spaced repetition systems can be used to program attention](https://notes.andymatuschak.org/z2gqazXUkf9qyFjMQg4W3dw6yegnAJszvDywN) - By removing [[friction]] around reviewing information we are taking advantage of otherwise unused attention. - [[Tips for concentration]] - [Spaced repetition memory systems can be used to prompt application, synthesis, and creation](https://notes.andymatuschak.org/zE8PK4UUAAWK6LEcmr8jja8JdxpUxcf1FUCX)