Philosophy
	skills/prerequisites
		critical thinking
			language
				text analysis
					reading
						literacy
						dictionaries
						reading books habit
							novels
							non-fiction books
						audiobooks
							text to speech
						skimming
						speed reading
					trees
						grammar
							parts of speech
							parent/child relationships
							groups/subtrees
							references
						paragraph
						multi-paragraph
						discussion/debate
						representations
							s-expressions
							bullet points with nesting
							linear
				writing
					organizing thoughts
					externalizing ideas
					sharing
			math/logic
				math
					arithmetic
						numbers
							reals
								integers
									counting
								fractions
									decimals
									percents
									ratios
							number line
						operators
							addition
								subtraction
							multiplication
								division
							exponents
								roots
						prime factors
						arithmetic trees
						units
					algebra
						systems of equations
							equations
								variables
								terms
							substitution
						factoring
						functions
							graphing
								coordinate plane
							sequences
							mapping
					geometry
				logic
					sets/grouping
						nesting
					fallacies
					deduction
						logic trees
						syllogisms
					operators
						not
						and
						or/xor
						implies
				programming
					control flow
						if
						jumps
							loops
						recursion
							functions
					variables
						data types
							pointers/references
								similar to pronouns from grammar
							lists
							trees
					layers of abstraction
			thinking
				handling bias
					integrity
					not trusting yourself
						written policies
						transparency
					engaging with public criticism
					not judging by social status
					introspection
				research
					web searches
					academic papers
					books
					video/audio
						high speed playback
				detail oriented
					automatization
					relevance
				brainstorming & criticism
		automatization
			exploration
			practice
				objectively judging correctness
				incremental progress
					not being overwhelmed by errors
			mastery
				subconscious, intuitive, easy
				frees attention for higher level learning
			habits
				introspection
					non-judgmental
					mindfulness meditation
					freewriting/journalling
		general education
			computer literacy
				finding, installing and learning to use new apps
				fast touch typing
			science
				rejecting magic, superstition
			economics
			history
		goals
			focus
			resource budgeting
				scheduling
				buffers
			decision making
			planning
	 epistemology
		knowledge
			purpose
				problem solving
				goals
			brainstorming/creativity
				creating (new knowledge)
				learning (existing knowledge)
			criticism
				evaluating ideas
					explanation of idea
					arguments
						positive & negative arguments
							errors
								relative to goal & context
							rejecting justification
								burden of proof
						conclusive & inconclusive (partial) arguments
							success/failure
								breakpoints
									qualitative vs. quantitative
							rejecting credences (degree of goodness)
								multiple factors in different dimensions
									dimension conversion
						evidence
							rejecting induction
						expertise
						debates
							with yourself
							with others
				fallibilism
					error correction
						digital vs. analog
			excess capacity
				key factors
					focus
						automatizing dealing with non-key factors
					limiting factors/bottlenecks/constraints
				variance
					buffers
					balanced plants
			organization
				reusing ideas
			information theory
				computation
				physics
		evolution
			replication (brainstorming)
			variation (brainstorming)
			selection (criticism)
			genes
			memes
			gradualism
		rationality
			science
			logic
	other philosophy
		moral
		political
		metaphysics
		aesthetics
		social status
			we live in two worlds (physical/rational & social)
			hierarchies
				social climbing
					zero sum
				alternative to using your own rational judgment
					second-handedness
				power structures
			social rules/dynamics
	schools of thought
		Critical Rationalism (Karl Popper)
			fallibilism
				error correction
					evolution
					rejecting justification
					rejecting induction
			reason
				science
					observations are interpreted
				conjectures & refutations
				objective knowledge
		Objectivism (Ayn Rand)
			automatization/practice/mastery
			epistemology
				objectivity/rationality/bias
				contextual knowledge
				conceptual hierarchy
					integration
			morality
				integrity
			social dynamics
				second-handedness
			politics
			aesthetics
		Theory of Constraints (Eli Goldratt)
			focus
				goals
				inherent simplicity
			constraints
				excess capacity
				variance
				buffers
			tree diagrams
			business management
Elliot Temple May 2022