I found that I retain the most information when I write in LaTeX over md, txt, word, hand. While the arguments of the article sound convincing enough, I found

I found that I retain the most information when I write in LaTeX over md, txt, word, hand. While the arguments of the article sound convincing enough, I found that the effort one spends on the notes is far more important than the medium. In LaTeX my mode of operation shifts from informal and short to very academic as I transform the notes into documents.