Retaining the benefits of Luhmann's numbering system without damaging key Obsidian functionality?

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So it turns out there has been a debate raging for years over the value of note proximity in digital contexts-- the term among Zettelkasten die-hards is folgezettel. For anyone interested, you can read cases for and against at the links below. I remain convinced that digital folgezettel is valuable, but I’d be interested to hear other people’s thoughts.

  1. https://zettelkasten.de/posts/luhmann-folgezettel-truth/
  2. https://strengejacke.wordpress.com/2015/11/01/you-underestimate-the-power-of-the-dark-folgezettel/
  3. https://zettelkasten.de/posts/understanding-hierarchy-translating-folgezettel/
  4. https://improveism.com/digital-folgezettel/

EDIT: lizardmenfromspace has a much better roundup of the folgezettel debate here: Obsidian Zettelkasten

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