Thanks, hope it clicks. Snipd was definitely in my head when I was building the Memories feature, though I went less highlight-share-y and more private-notebook with it. If you try it and the comparison breaks down somewhere let me know, that's useful feedback.
That's not a different choice. LVT makes it more expensive to hold land that's less productive than it could be, the result of which is that development is encouraged.
that's a myth; while it's true that handwriting does lend to better recall, it's the process of breaking down what to write down (thus spending more time making sense of it) that helps you remember.. not the 'muscle memory' everyone talks about. You can do the same thing in digital tools (typing out notes, structuring notes, etc) and sometimes you can do it faster.
Right, there's no "thought processing" that often happens when you write by hand. Most people tend to transcribe when they are taking notes with a keyboard, which can be akin to riding a bicycle (e.g. muscle memory without deep thought).
Do you have a source? I’ve always heard that handwriting improves retention vs typing, but I’m interested in hearing about any research that counters that.
The often cited study is [3] which shows longform writing to be more beneficial - it also comes to this conclusion: "Although more notes are beneficial, at least to a point, if the notes are taken indiscriminately or by mindlessly transcribing content, as is more likely the case on a lap-top than when notes are taken longhand, the benefit dis-appears."
There was a follow-up study made (see [1], [2]) that showed it made no difference in the end. It's what you do with it afterwards that really matters.
Long story short? One form is not more superior to other, but I find typed text (in a digital document) easier to manipulate, transfer to other tools (i.e. Anki) and less friction when I'm thinking as I type.
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