今天在推特上看到有人在分享 LYT conference 的東西,提到 "Compass framework" ,原本以為是以前看過的 LYT kit 裡面的東西,但後來作者之一 Vicky Zhao 分享了該篇文章 給我,是另一位作者 Fei-Ling Tseng 提出來的方法論,她稱這個方法叫做 The Compass of Zettelkasten Thinking。
具體的做法是,將一個 idea X 置於中央。
此時想像他的四個方向,都各有一個問題,這些問題有助於釐清這個 idea 。
- 北方(north)的問題是: Where does X come from?
- what are its origin? what group/category does X belong to? what exists an order of magnitude higher? zoom out. what gave birth to X? what causes X
- 西方(west)的問題是: What is similar to X?
- what other disciplines could X already exist in? what other disciplines could benefit from X? what are other ways to say/do X?
- 南方(south)的問題是: Where can X lead to?
- what does X contribute to? what group/category could X be the headline of? what exists an order of magnitude lower? zoom in. what does X nurture?
- 東方(east)的問題是: What competes with X?
- what is the opposite of X? what is X missing? its disadvantage? what could supercharge X?
我看到這個方法時,我直覺就想到,好像可以透過 Heptabase 來做這件事,透過視覺的方向關係可以很快給出東西南北的方向。
但這個方法有提到,每個 idea 產生的各個方向,都可以再產生更多 idea ,以及他們各自的東西南北(通常是東西南),所以感覺可能更適合用 Outliner 來進行。
不過接下來的問題是,我的羅盤四個方向會是哪些問題?