Don't classify, array.

summary

Some people care about "how it's classified."

This is a mistake based on the misconception that cards are for classifying and storing knowledge.

Cards as tools of intellectual production are not like that.

The goal is not to classify and store knowledge,

Manipulating cards to perform intellectual production tasks is the use of cards.

The ability to operate the card is a feature of the card, if you only want to store it, you can use a notebook.

What is manipulation?

rearrangement and rearrangement

This often uncovers connections between seemingly unrelated cards.

Cards are tools of creation

To decide on a taxonomy is to set a box for thinking.

Put the card in a tight classification system and it will suffocate and die.

Classify according to subjective interest, not according to objective content of knowledge

relevance

Knowledge written in notebooks is often dead.

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