Atomic There are those who believe that "being atomistic is a good thing."
One of the Evergreen notes principle is Atomic.
Evergreen notes should be atomic
Apparently this is what happened. [/unnamedcamp/Evergreen notes should be atomic](https://scrapbox.io/unnamedcamp/Evergreen notes should be atomic)
This world does not exist in a poof of atoms alone... The concept of "Evergreen notes should be atomic" is to introduce the same kind of "look and feel" to the group of information we handle (or whose brains we hide in). I don't really feel much empathy, but I wonder if there's something I'm not seeing yet.
Maybe the talk of "it's useful to do this" in a few concrete situations is walking alone, out of context, after it's become an abstract precept.
[/rashitamemo/Evergreen notes concept](https://scrapbox.io/rashitamemo/Evergreen notes concept).
https://notes.andymatuschak.org/Evergreen_notes
https://notes.andymatuschak.org/z4Rrmh17vMBbauEGnFPTZSK3UmdsGExLRfZz1
I see
- [Doesn't it vary from person to person whether a certain note is atomistic or not?](/en/Doesn't%20it%20vary%20from%20person%20to%20person%20whether%20a%20certain%20note%20is%20atomistic%20or%20not%3F)
- In a more rigorous writing style
- Atomicity is not a binary attribute of "being/not being atomic",
- The "close to the right balance" nature of the notes is neither too broad nor too fragmented.
- It's hard to see the connections when notes are too fragmented."
- What people find when they look at the same thing differs from person to person.
- Isn't atomicity not a property of the note alone, but a relationship between the note and the person?
- Suppose a theme X contains elements A, B, and C.
- For those who already understand it, the separation of A, B, and C is "atomic".
- But if someone unfamiliar with X looks at this note that divides A, B, and C, they may not find a relationship between A and B.
- This is exactly what happens when notes are too fragmented to see connections, which is contrary to atomicity
I didn't get it right/thought about the cause/one factor was that I thought that atomic notes are about making the pages as detailed as possible.
The right balance of atomicity is great in Scrapbox.
I translated the original English text because the concept of "atomic" didn't seem to fit.
[/issac-37765679/being Atomic](https://scrapbox.io/issac-37765679/being Atomic).
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