A collection of aphorisms is not a thinking tool. For a box…

April 8, 2026

Continues Xettel is for yourself first. Write about everything you read, study, and think…

A collection of aphorisms is not a thinking tool. For a box of thoughts to work, each thought needs its connections and counter-arguments alongside it.

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2037821667188387946 — Xettel = X + Zettelkasten: one card = one tweet = one atomic thought

2037821910034313401 — connections between cards are separate cards, close to Luhmann's original

2037827169259585982 — xettel is for yourself first; it becomes a mirror of your mind

2037827760534798439 — writing regularly self-corrects what you consume

2037827907536720083 — don't fear being public; obscurity is worse than exposure

2041783535233814738 — thoughts in the box are atomic, but connections give them a world

2041783732001239420 — a walk through connected cards produces a new view, not new thoughts

2041785087185055803 — a collection of aphorisms is not a thinking tool; connections and counter-arguments matter

2041786419665109251 — better to save too many thoughts than to lose one important one

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