# No, Luhmann was not about Folgezettel • Zettelkasten Method **Covers**:: **Source**:: [No, Luhmann was not about Folgezettel • Zettelkasten Method](https://zettelkasten.de/posts/luhmann-folgezettel-truth) **Creator**:: [[sascha]] # Highlights ##### ^273533338 Goto: https://zettelkasten.de/posts/luhmann-folgezettel-truth?__readwiseLocation=0%2F79%2F1%2F1%2F1%2F1%2F5%3A0%2C0%2F79%2F1%2F1%2F1%2F1%2F5%3A250#:~:text=Should%20you%20copy%20a%20method%2Chave%20other%2C%20even%20better%2C%20choices. ###### ^273533338q Should you copy a method just because Luhmann used it? I certainly don’t. Luhmann dealt with the flaws of a physical Zettelkasten and developed techniques to actualize a principle. As a user of a digital solution, we have other, even better, choices. ^273533338 ##### ^273533380 Goto: https://zettelkasten.de/posts/luhmann-folgezettel-truth?__readwiseLocation=0%2F87%2F1%2F1%2F1%2F1%2F5%3A0%2C4%2F87%2F1%2F1%2F1%2F1%2F5%3A86#:~:text=I%20am%20not%20entirely%20against%2Chierarchical%20system%20of%20strict%20categories. ###### ^273533380q I am not entirely against categories. In fact, I find them quite useful. I use tags extensively because of that. Tags include the functionality of categories but not the other way around. I have a good chunk of Zettel written on the idea of *metabolic flexibility*. All the Zettel I have written on that topic have this tag. This way I end up with something that works exactly like a *metabolic flexibility* category, only without the limitations of a hierarchical system of strict categories. ^273533380 ##### ^273533420 Goto: https://zettelkasten.de/posts/luhmann-folgezettel-truth?__readwiseLocation=0%2F93%2F1%2F1%2F1%2F1%2F5%3A52%2C0%2F93%2F1%2F1%2F1%2F1%2F5%3A173#:~:text=How%20you%20realize%20a%20principle%2C%2Cfrom%20a%20bird%E2%80%99s%20eye%20perspective. ###### ^273533420q How you realize a principle, that is which technique you use, does not make any difference from a bird’s eye perspective. ^273533420