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• ZettelDistraction

  April 2023

  Thank you for doing this--your translation looks quite good.

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• Sascha

  April 2023

  @ZettelDistraction said:
  Thank you for doing this--your translation looks quite good.

  Thanks. The Englishness is mostly attributed to @erikh !

  I am a Zettler
• chrisaldrich

  April 2023

  I particularly loved the Bob Ross reference! 🎨🗃️🎉

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• Broaddus

  October 2023 edited October 2023

  Work date is listed at end in "Notes", Luhmann, 1981.

  Post edited by Broaddus on October 2023
• Eurobubba

  September 5

  Is the original German available online anywhere?
• chrisaldrich

  September 6

  @Eurobubba If you search around you'll find it pretty quickly. Here's the original citation:

  Luhmann, Niklas. “Kommunikation mit Zettelkästen: Ein Erfahrungsbericht.” Öffentliche Meinung und sozialer Wandel / Public Opinion and Social Change, edited by Horst Baier et al., VS Verlag für Sozialwissenschaften, 1981, pp. 222–28. Springer Link, https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-322-87749-9_19.

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• Sascha

  September 7

  @Eurobubba said:
  Is the original German available online anywhere?

  Sci-Hub it.

  I am a Zettler