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Dario Hamidi's avatar

Regarding systems: have you ever looked up the definition?

It's one of the words everybody uses but nobody knows what it means exactly :D

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Mete Çilingir's avatar

I did indeed. But I'm not not surprised given it's used across so many domains.

I can't point at one single definition. To keep it flexible I'd list a few characteristics instead, such as "interconnected components", "common purpose/goal" of these, "holistic", etc...

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Dario Hamidi's avatar

My favorite definition is the one from Wiktionary so far:

> A collection of organized things; a whole composed of relationships among its members.

I like it because it puts the focus on the relationships between things.

Usually those are what give a thing meaning and make it interesting.

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Dario Hamidi's avatar

Thanks for the video link, I've been on the fence about implementing a second brain for a few years now but will take action now 🙏

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Mete Çilingir's avatar

Great to hear. Keep me posted on that! What's your preferred tool – still thinking paper?

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Dario Hamidi's avatar

I bought a five year subscription for https://standard notes.org a few years ago and by now the product has developed so much that I really enjoy using it :)

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