Maps let you see the same territory differently

March 15, 2020

A road map and a topographic map show the same territory. But they reveal different truths.

Maps of Content do the same for your notes. The same 20 concepts can be arranged by theme, by chronology, by usefulness, by personal resonance—each arrangement revealing something new.

Folders force you to choose one location. Links let ideas exist in multiple contexts. MOCs let you see those contexts explicitly.

The magic: Rearranging a map doesn’t destroy anything. It’s non-destructive thinking. You can try wild reconfigurations without losing what worked before.

Your notes are the territory. Maps are interpretations. Make many maps.