#### [[Formulating knowledge is an active practice in seeing the connections between atoms of information]] --- Formulating knowledge can be approached in a variety of ways. - *Understanding* a topic to truly connect all of the moving pieces (mechanics) - *Reflecting* to learn what **you** think about the topic and/or how you apply the topic in any context. - [[Zettelkasten]] - *Contexts* that topic lives in or how its meaning, purpose, outcome, or usefulness change based on context or other variables. - *Recognizing* similarities, dichotomies, and mirrors of concepts across time, cultures, or categorical variables such as age, race, gender, etc. Knowledge is not memorization. Memorization is the storage and retrieval of atoms of information. Knowledge is the connection of these atoms across various meta concepts such as the aforementioned leading to the generation of new insights, or further completing another portion of the great jigsaw puzzle of understanding. --- Tags: [[Knowledge]] - [[Knowledge Formation]] - [[Learning]] Reference: Related: - [[@Andy Matuschak]] - [[Evergreen Notes]] - [[@Nick Milo]] - [[Map Of Content|MOC]] - [[@Niklas Luhmann]] - [[Zettelkasten]] - [[Most modern education focuses on improving storage strength and memorization of isolated facts instead of building connections and formulating knowledge]] - [[The curating of a zettelkasten slip box is an active practice in knowledge building and spaced repetition]]