The need for systems for knowledge organization (opens in new tab)

This is an excerpt from the book "How to Read a Paragraph" which highlights that ideas belong to particular systems (domains such as psychology, sociology etc.) and thinking in terms of systems (with a look to big picture at least). This is something I experience in myself too. Zettelkasten is so atomic note oriented that even though you connect things and only create notes as branches, and not allow any orphans; it becomes messy in my head. I wonder what you think about such a top-down struc...