I'm also curious about why you have included "brotherhood" as a useful concept...
Ah, in that case I noticed that the modern definition of "brotherhood" tends to just be "all-male group", and that we have lost the cultural context in which it made sense originally. In the times when you had honor duels etc., having the second part in the definition of brotherhood (preventing girl drama) was crucial, and probably implicitly obvious to everyone (so it wasn't even mentioned). So after redefining it back, it makes sense that the modern world needs "brotherhoods" (and "sisterhoods") less than ever.
it makes sense that the modern world needs "brotherhoods" (and "sisterhoods") less than ever.
... more than ever?
Background:
I'm recently doing a big project to increase my scholarship and modeling power for both rationality and traditional "serious" topics. One thing I found very useful is taking notes with a clear structure.
The structure I'm using currently is as follows:
- write down useful concepts,
- write down (as a separate category) useful heuristics & things to do in various situations,
- do not write facts, opinions or anything else (I rely on unaided memory to get more filtering).
Heuristic: learn concepts before facts!
Note that you can be mistaken about facts, but you can't harm your epistemology by learning concepts. Even if a concept turns out to be useless or misleading, you are better off knowing about it, understanding how it's misleading, and being able to avoid the trap when you see it.
Let's share concepts!
Please give (at a minimum) a name and a reference (link). A short description in plain language is also welcome.