Similarities and Differences Between Evergreen Notes and Zettelkasten

[[evergreen notes]] have been inspired by [[Niklas-Luhmann]]’s [[zettelkasten]] practice.

Similarities:

• [[evergreen notes]] are [[concept-oriented]]
• Atomicity, the notes should be [[atomic]]
• Greater emphasis is placed on [[densely linked]] notes
• The [[notes-should-surprise-you]]
• The emphasis on using your own words to describe other people’s ideas

Differences:

• Spaced repetition is a tool used to incrementally develop linkings between notes (digital notes can have greater freedom for updating linkages)
• A “[[notes-inbox]]” which is used to capture transient and incomplete notes to transition them into integrated [[evergreen notes]]
• Back links are used to implicitly define nodes