[mmargenot]

It's weird to read this from zettelkasten.de, given that the method is precisely about cultivating such a graph of knowledge. "Knowing enough to begin" seems to me to be the express purpose of writing and maintaining a zettelkasten and other such tools.

[skydhash]

I would say they mean being able to recall, not having everything at once. It’s being able to answer the 5 why’s.