Creating a relationship between two ideas

One of the fundamental ways of manipulating ideas is to create relationships of comparison between them. Simile is a perfect example of this. The relationship can be positive, negative or neutral - but it forms a link.

Within this note-taking system, this kind of relationship is represented with a hyperlink.

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• Three ways to manipulate ideas
  • Creating a relationship between two ideas
• Note composition is making links
  • Composing notes is done by building a network of hyperlinks - creating relationships between them. This is analogous to building relationships between ideas.
• Compounding Ideas
  • You can combine two ideas into one. This is a kind of 'strong bond' between the two original ideas, where a relationship could be seen as a 'weak bond'. All complex ideas are built by compounding simpler ideas together.
• Abstraction of ideas
  • This abstraction can be part of the process of creating new ideas through compounding or forming relationships between existing ideas.
• Notes should be densely linked
  • When writing permanent zettelkasten-style notes then composing notes is done by making links between them. Creating relationships between ideas builds context, and understanding requires an idea to have context.