Zettlekasten can be used to discover that you don’t have the right number of categories for a thing

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# What are the principles of a shared zettlekasten?
# What are the principles of a shared zettlekasten

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# Zettlekasten can be used to discover that you don’t have the right number of categories for a thing
Zettlekasten allow you to write about the things before even considering how they’re connected or how they should be arranged. You can then see where “it feels right” for them to live. The advantage of a Digital zettlekasten is that you can put things in multiple categories. 

Any other system I can think of (essay, powerpoint, bulleted list) forces you to create a structure before describing the atomic units. Sure you can always create a new category in the bulleted list, but the overhead to creating a new category is very high - especially for a single item. Therefore you’re forced to either keep track of “may there should be a new category for this, let’s see if there are more things that fit into it?” Or create single item categories.

- This Zettle was initially inspired by breaking down [[Undiscovered public knowledge discovery (UPKD)]]

Interestingly, the idea of categorization is exactly what [[Adam Marblestone]] mentioned about his roadmapping technique in [[Adam Marblestone Podcast 2020-03-31]] and what he claims Jose did in [[The Longevity FAQ]]  - related: [[Longevity FAQ Making Of]]

### Related
- [[Zettlekasten breaks down if you want to write about things that you learn through experience]]
- [[Polyplexus is trying to be a shared zettlekasten]]
- [[What are the principles of a shared zettlekasten?]]



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