The utility of knovigator, said otherwise, is not in the li…

The utility of knovigator, said otherwise, is not in the linking (direct linking), but in the search. Search and re-search everything over again.

I've been too bound to the habit of linking names of files, and now I'm wondering how helpful that constraint is.

On the other end of the spectrum, having to search for things in other peoples words (ideas and notes that have not been processed or associated with my own concepts) leaves them in their domains. Linking is a manual way of externalizing the complex process of integrating someone else's thought into your own conceptual networks – which is a convoluted way to describe "writing."