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Thank you for this -- adding these to my quotes Anki deck.

I would also add to these the TS Elliot quote from his work, the Rock:

> “Where is the wisdom we have lost in knowledge? Where is the knowledge we have lost in information?”



I’m curious, how do you use quotes in your anki deck? Do you do a card like “What did TS Elliot say about knowledge?” And have the answer be the quote?


The approach I take with quotes is more subjective than it is with almost all of my other cards, since it would pointless to really judge whether or not I know some piece of maybe abstruse wisdom, I just rate it on a subjective grading of, how well am I living my life relative to this statement, and if it feels like it's something I'm really lacking I'll fail it or mark it hard. The card has no back, something that I also do for more axiomatic pieces of CS theory as well, where it's too difficult to meaningfully capture the whole idea in many different question-answers.


That seems like a reasonable approach, I’ll have to give that a try.


I'm also curious! If anyone has ideas, please let me know...




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