date created:: 2024-12-09 17:12
date modified:: 2024-12-09 17:20
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Collecting knowledge has merit even if one does not produce anything with that knowledge

I disagree with the idea that merely collecting knowledge has no merit; after all what is a library or museum but a collection of knowledge? The idea that one should only take notes if one intends to engage with them or produce something with them reeks of capitalist productivity porn. There are many reasons one might wish to make a note on something besides producing some work on it.

Beyond this, even if one intends to take notes with a view to producing work on that subject, the note may remain in your collection for many years before it finds that use.

Previous: The collector's fallacy states that collecting knowledge is not the same as having knowledge

See: Tsundoku is the art of acquiring books but not reading them and An antilibrary is a collection of unread books for more on the merits of collecting books and/or knowledge