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1. Nate Cull (natecull@mastodon.social)'s status on Monday, 27-Aug-2018 10:38:37 UTC Nate Cull

   • Tsundoku Psychohazard

   http://takingnotenow.blogspot.com/2007/12/luhmanns-zettelkasten.html

   Luhmann's original Zettelkasten numbering system is intriguing! A little like Ted Nelson's Xanadu Tumblers, maybe @enkiv2 ?

   <<Thus, when he felt that a certain term needed to be further discussed or the information about it needed to be supplemented, he would begin a new slip that addded a letter, like a, b, or c to the number. So, a branching from slip 1/6 could have branches like 1/6a or 1/6b, up to 1/6z. >>

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   • Nate Cull (natecull@mastodon.social)'s status on Monday, 27-Aug-2018 10:39:09 UTC Nate Cull

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     << These branching connections were marked by red numbers within the text, close to the place that needed further explanation or information. Since any of these branches might require further continuations, he also had many slips of the form 1/6a1, 1/6a2, etc.

     And, of course, any of these continuations can be branched again, so he could end up with such a number as:

     21/3d26g53 for -- who else? -- Habermas.

     These internal branchings can continue ad infinitum -- at least potentially. >>

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