Literature notes correspond with a single source (book, article, video, etc.). They will generally be formatted with the following sections:
- Summary: a paragraph to capture the main ideas from the text in an informational way, in the same vein as a scientific abstract.
- Takeaways or atomic notes: ideas and propositional statements that I plan to revisit or apply directly to my life/thinking.
- Key terms: context-dependent definitions, often lifted directly from the source material.
- Reading notes: paraphrased bullet points and highlights from the source. Additional notation I use includes 💬 for questions and ephemeral observations and 🔎 for empirical results, particularly in otherwise theory-heavy sources.