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note-taking.md

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-title: Notetaking
+title: Note-Taking
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-# Note-taking
+# Note-Taking
+
+## Why Take Notes?
+
+### Declare Bankruptcy on Your Memory
+
+Some say they take notes to remember now,
+that by writing the thing down they commit it to memory,
+and the note itself is ancillary.
+That's not me at all.
+I don't remember writing half of what's in [[this-notebook]].
+My notes allow me to forget things I _know_
+to make room for ideas I'm not decided on.
+
+## Properties of Good Notes
+
+Good notes are _legible_ and their meaning is clear.
 
 ## `TALK`
 
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 There are bad media for note-taking
 
 * print
+
+Opinion, possibly industry dependent:
+good notes are _text-first_.
+It can be difficult to explain certain concepts without visuals
+and that's all the more reason to try.