collector's fallacy

A fallacy that equates having something with understanding it, particularly as it pertains to knowledge.[1]

Don't just read: always write while you read. Synthesize what you're getting (a new blog post, etc) with what you already know.

Plant it in your digital garden, to overextend the metaphor.

Research, Read, Assimilate; also CODE

Once we forget what we knew, having read the text becomes worthless


  1. The Collector’s Fallacy • Zettelkasten Method ↩︎