Thanks! That was an interesting read!
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Since I have studied history of science (philosophy and sociology also as part of this) through the lens of paper technologies and informational organisation a lot, I am familiar with all of the ideas, that have been so neatly organized here. In fact I have a similar system working for me in my own life, modelled (but heavily altered) after the German sociologist Niklas Luhmann’s “Zettelkasten” and similar approaches.
Some notes:
- The strength of notes or small units of knowledge lies in the possibility to chain them together. Chains of notes can become trees of notes and allow for composability of knowledge, which opens up great avenues for a holistic interconnected system.
- Unlimited “branchability” in width as in depth in a notes system ensures that any note in a chain (or network) of notes might become the start of another chain of notes that follow each other, leading to trees of notes. It also makes the “head” of a chain relative, which allows for great flexibility when the context changes in which we view a note.
- Transclusion (as used by tiddlywiki for example) is a revolutionary media technique that makes working with notes and composing them even more serendipitous (which is, serendipity that is, what you should optimize your notes system towards).
This leads me to the conclusion that I should start to work on a similar course for a German audience, maybe, since the amount of money people are willing to pay for this knowledge is immense, it seems like. 
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