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Exactly right. After messing around with this sort of thing for a while, the revelation I've had is: The human brain is much better than the computer at the whole nodes+connections thing, and the process of having/creating/reviewing large well-thought out things as "notes" is superior to a bunch of little scraps everywhere.

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I can't say for certain if "little scraps everywhere" are inferior. https://napkin.one is experimenting with this, and a lot of people seem to like it. It's very simple to write and link little notes together with it.

I like the GUI/UX, but in essence Napkin et al are basically a regurgitation of the same app over and over, only varying the UX to appeal different tastes/audiences.

For example, what do these apps do that aren't already implemented in others like OneOne, LogSeq, Obsidian, Dendron, etc?

UI/UX is no small thing. For some people, it can ultimately make or break their ability to get into the work. While it's nice to think we should all be heroically disengaged from the aesthetics and feel of a thing, those aspects have an effect. No shame in that. Different people like different UIs.

Agreed and support your view. It just explains the explosion of choices.

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