@rocketman-766
Syntopical Reading as you suggested i think are more suited for academia whose end goal for reading are generating a essay/paper or other written form. It's work wonder but i find it difficult using that format for reviewing purpose. Sometimes ideas the in a book are self-contained and i think there is an advantage in isolating those ideas, it won't get too convoluted. Get your hand dirty! If you can, write your notes with your hand. It actually increase your retention of the information.
@charleshayes2528
Hi, Robert I am just 4 and a bit minutes into your 10 plus minute film and felt I had to pause to comment on it. I am a retired lecturer/teacher/preacher and have taught on how the mind makes connections and how a web is probably a better description of how the mind works than a text or a book. However, this has to be qualified - as an older person, I am able to draw on a lot of life experience as well as academic study in order to process new ideas and connect them in multiple ways into my web of knowledge. But, if I want to convey that thinking to you, I can only do so in limited ways - almost all of those ways are linear! Your film began at 00:00 and progresses through time in a linear fashion. When introducing the term "syntopical", you even say "Let's start with . . ." The very idea of starting implies a sequence. If I were to take notes of your film, I would have to do so in a somewhat linear fashion, even if I were to reorganise them topically or in the form of a mind map. In academia, one of the main ways of delivering content while also permitting interaction is the lecture or talk. This begins at e.g.; 10:00 and continues until 11:25. The delivery is basically linear and so the note-taking process is linear. I hear something and note it, I see something and note it, a new slide comes up and I note it. The fact that the lecture takes place in this form means that information has to be arranged and presented in a sequence which makes sense of the topic and to the audience. This is why I never use a mind-map or web-based structure to organise a talk or lecture. The non-linear map has to be deconstructed in order to be presented in real time, first one node and then the next. I have colleagues who have taught from mind-maps, but without a clear (linear) plan as to which section to explore next, they have both stumbled themselves and confused their audience. A detailed mind-map of a subject is often only immediately understandable to the person who created it and knows why they made "that" connection or made "those" choices for the layout. It may also be clear to someone who also knows the subject in some depth. For those who are new to a topic, even a very well structured mind-map or web-based structure will need to be deconstructed. The disadvantage of the live talk is that it is ephemeral. A film can, at least, be rewound and reviewed. A book also allows the reader to return to a difficult section later. But, many books deliver a linear argument and not all books are written in such a way as to permit skipping entire chapters. I once lost marks on an essay (test paper) I submitted because I was under pressure of time and skimmed a book instead of reading it linearly. As a result, I missed a major section and incorrectly interpreted the book's argument. BTW I use Zettelkasten and topical note-taking, but as long as we have linear delivery systems, including youtube vids, there will probably still be a need to take linear notes.
@sensor.mellow
How dare the algorithm hide this from me for 8 minutes
@miag4101
"How to read a book" is one of my favorite books. I really like the chapter(s) on intellectual etiquette and how to go about when you start judging and critiquing what an author says.
@afireinside0
I really love how you point out how the academy and formal education teaches us to take notes in order to pass exams and get good grades, and how one can free oneself from that rigidity in order to treat learning as a tool of self-development and nurture, which is a flexible, iteraring and sweet chaotic journey!
@GregK235
I remember starting with notecards back in the day, then tried all the "new" techniques over the years. A lot of the notes during school was for collecting test answers. Now, there's usually a purpose for reading something that informs what information and insights I record. Still find the analog method of choosing, shuffling, and organizing cards fits my temperament and style.
@RoundSeal
Looks like a good digital companion for a commonplace! I dropped out of high school and never learned how to take notes, so had to figure out how to annotate, in a way that works for me, from the ground up. It's been critical for helping me engage more deeply with books, particularly nonfiction. My commonplace has been such a valuable tool, and I'm looking forward to setting up an index system for it in the future. Digital doesn't usually work for me, but I might give this a try and see how it goes!
@RichardShortland-Neal
Note taking is something that I have never learned but something I feel that I need to.
@DrKanwalHassan
Great video. I’m a social scientist and also an artist, I have ton of hobbies and I learn for self education over a broad range of topics like political history, philosophy etc. what’s been most helpful for me to integrate my learning has been writing Understanding essays, it’s a practice from philosophy where you just wrote a mini essay and pretend you’re teaching it yourself. Obsidian has been my go notetaking app as it helps me connect my learnings to my day to day thoughts and ideas for my YouTube/newsletter.
@FlosBlog
Good to see that you turned your back on academia. I decided to do the same and it just was the right decision . It really reveals your true interests and helps you find a way to learn that is not wrapped up in all these academic necessities.
@melanieswritingplans
I am so excited your channel showed up in my Recommended feed! I took one of your essay-writing courses on SkillShare. I’m in my early 40s and long out of college, but I’ve been reading more nonfiction lately and have also developed a fascination with philosophy. This is the perfect first video to introduce me to your channel. Thanks for all you do!
@dogoluszek_9201
I never really thought about the topic of taking notes on books, but your video opened my eyes and now i know i should take them. Also listening to you is a pleasure ❤
@yeongshyuan
This is really interesting! When I was doing my Master’s, my lecturer taught me this technique while I was working on a scoping review of a topic that had not been explored before. You can imagine how overwhelming it was, going through so many articles and struggling to remember what I had just read. Once she introduced this approach, it made identifying and grouping themes so much easier and more efficient. Truly a game-changing method!
@jaqvasconcelosbr
What have worked for me so far is to add a short "tittle note" on what that text brings to my discussion (when reading for academia) or what I could use from it for some project (when reading for learning general topics or something specific to me). I do my best to only take notes on what is useful by the moment. These notes I place by the margin with a post-it note separating by colors, based on why I thought they were useful ('green' for references, 'orange' for some opposite views from my perspective, 'yellow' for those supporting my arguments and so on) - in case is a physical book. By the end of the reading, I just make some general points of what I can learn about the content just in case I need to go back at this text in another context, with different focus and needs - when my notes will change and the old ones could be taken to the same topic-structured abstract I made by the end of this first round of accessing it.
If it's paper, I just place a short page inside of it with this abstract, key-words and the most useful pages for me to find it later.
If digital, I use a simple reference manager software for this (specifically Mendeley because it was fine when I started using it seriously; I've been using it for slightly more than 14 years now and I'm still using many of those old notes often... Also, I'm lazy to change all that stuff...)
+ I leave some links attached to the title leading to my online folders with most of those larger notes and some additional information/medias about the original content.
You will be back to learn something more in another situation. Do what you need and leave some catalog for future searchings.
Be careful not to make a book of your notes because you won't go back at it and in this case, it's great to go back in some assertive way.
For literature and most relaxing/inspiring contents I first leave the reading sink prior to take any kind of note. The reason is that when you are drowned by the reading you will find everything amazing and life-changing. Take some time, do some meditation, go for a walk or just stay with what you found amazing for a while. Let yourself be amazed by that thing.
After some time, use your device of choice and make one note (quoting if you need to) and leave it behind, better if you cannot recognize it just by looking at the file - physically, imagine putting cards on a box, or assorted boxes for different feelings/needs. Daily or when you feel like needing some of those elements, read one of the notes and let them take you again to the first stage of admiration of the initial text.
The 'russian roulette' makes it unpredictable to chose something deeper than the subject you had by the time you added the note in the first place. The surprise makes you enjoy it a bit more... Plus the brain will access your long time memories and build some new ones (if you had these notes based on emotional expressions, also the emotional priming will help you both remember more of the reading and the reason why that one note was special for you...)
There's something unique about reading something knowing that you probably won't have the chance to read it for a second time (some classic books, the thousand-pages treasures, and poetry - that changes you at every reading - for example...)
Life is too short and there are so many incredible books to read...! Enjoy each one and let them surprise you from time to time... But go ahead and find some other books to do the same...
I find really nice to see how each person deals with note keeping... And how we all change our relationship with the content every time we change the way we make and access our notes!
@timbuktu8069
yes, Yes, YES I just got done watching a video on why I should scribble up every book I read. This helped.
@Manole5500
Starts here 4:13
@savannahhall4548
Omg crazy this was posted mere hours after I had been searching for a better way to annotate. This is so lovely I can’t wait to read the article, you’re the best!
@valeriopagnotta7873
One of the most informative piece I have come across this year. I ll start with this process.
@jenniferrollin5777
The way I was taught to take notes in late elementary school (by an awesome teacher) was to first copy the points word-for-word from the textbook or wherever the information is coming from; then to review for an upcoming text or exam, we were to rewrite the original notes we took and put them in our own words in order to make sure we actually understood what we were being taught instead of regurgitating the words like a robot.
@ajiththomas2465