# [[Verweisungsmöglichkeiten supercharges regular notes]] What distinguishes the [[Zettelkasten]] from regular notes is its emphasis on linking. The magic of linking is what made the internet as big an invention as it was. Traditional note-taking methods deal with how or when notes are taken in the first place, but having disparate notes does nothing if there isn't a way to discover connections between them. In a Zettelkasten, notes link to each other. ![[Communicating With Slip Boxes by Niklas Luhmann#^bae75d]] ## Ways to link [[Niklas Luhmann]] never wrote a note that didn't have: - A number to place it within a hierarchy ([[Structure Notes]]) - A reference to other notes that it relates to or expands on in some way ([[Backlinks]]) - [[Tags|Keywords]] to categorize notes on another level. ## Advantages of linking - It lets us spot clusters in our interests and in things we've learned - It allows us to connect seemingly unrelated topics - It jogs our memory of other tangential, related concepts - It encourages us to spot patterns in one field and apply them to another ## References - [[Communicating With Slip Boxes by Niklas Luhmann]] - [[Principle of Atomicity]] - [Linking Your Thinking](https://linkingyourthinking.com)