alt Hacker NewsI just had the same thought. I searched for the book mentioned, and as soon as zettelkasten popped up I lost interest. I've read about zettelkasten so many times, but I can't get myself to actually try it, it seems like doing organization for the sake of declaring "I'm very organized", regardless whether it's efficient or not.
I had this same issue with my original zettelkasten system in org-roam. Also it had become just, a locally indexed wikipedia.
This book is probably not the greatest resource for establishing a zettelkasten, but it is very good at demonstrating how a good externalized writing system is critical for getting good learning done and finding unique insights. Also, it addresses the wikipedia issue I had specifically. As another person mentioned in this thread, making the notes more like proper publishable writing (even if just a sentence) made a big difference.