- Dec 2022
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www.reddit.com www.reddit.com
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Your story is familiar to many and I was in the same position as you until recently. It’s an example of people believing in the Collector’s Fallacy: https://zettelkasten.de/posts/collectors-fallacy/I’d recommend that article as a good reason for others to adopt the active approach of ZK, rather than the passive approach of collecting articles and mostly not reading them.
What does the collector's fallacy really relate to?
If you're collecting material you're not processing and either linking/tagging for future active use, then yes, it's definitely a fallacy. Collecting articles and tidbits that you don't read and don't use, at least in the moment is a massive waste.
But if, instead, you're collecting tidbits of context and examples over time, say like historian Keith Thomas (? double check this reference, but I think it was him in his essay Working Methods (LRB, 2010)) describes, and then linking them into some sort of larger thesis or puzzling out some pattern between and amongst those examples, then you're collecting correctly and productively.
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- Aug 2022
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www.scientificamerican.com www.scientificamerican.com
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Landhuis, E. (2021, November 12). Investigating Antidepressants’ Surprising Effect on COVID Deaths. Scientific American. https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/investigating-antidepressants-surprising-effect-on-covid-deaths/
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- Nov 2020
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Kaveladze, B., Chang, K., Siev, J., & Schueller, S. (2020). The COVID-19 Pandemic’s Impact on OCD Symptoms Varies Widely. PsyArXiv. https://doi.org/10.31234/osf.io/h8wyt
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