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How to Take Notes in Meetings Without Missing the Room
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How to Take Notes in Meetings Without Missing the Room

There's a specific pathology I've watched repeatedly in senior meetings: the participant who takes copious notes throughout, typing or writing continuously, never quite catching the emotional register of the room, never quite participating in the decision. They have excellent records of what was said. They have
28 Feb 2026 6 min read
The Zettelkasten Method: How a German Sociologist Wrote 70 Books Using Index Cards
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The Zettelkasten Method: How a German Sociologist Wrote 70 Books Using Index Cards

Niklas Luhmann was a German sociologist who between 1951 and his death in 1998 published 70 books and around 400 academic papers. He is, by any reasonable measure, one of the most prolific social theorists of the twentieth century. When asked how he did it, he never attributed the output
15 Dec 2025 7 min read
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