Framework for Structuring Knowledge

[Slifon]

Hey @Leo Gura

I've been contemplating topics related to structuring knowledge, and I think it would be amazing if you created a video explaining this! Given your understanding of such subjects, I believe you'd really nail it. This kind of content could resonate with a lot of people looking to enhance their creative processes and structure their thinking more effectively.

I've developed a framework for myself, which I plan to start using when studying. However, I feel like something is missing. I haven't yet put it into practice, so it might need refinement as I test it out. This is why I think a video on the topic would be incredibly valuable, and it could be a powerful tool for actualizing in general.

1. Cognition: The overall process of thinking, understanding, and processing information.

2. Ideas: The raw, flexible thoughts or insights—building blocks of higher-order structures.

3. Concepts: Structured frameworks that organize related ideas into coherent categories.

4. Frameworks: Broader structures that organize ideas and concepts into systems for understanding or decision-making.

5. Models: Detailed systems built from concepts, often with predictive power, explaining or simulating how something works.

And Tools for Refining and Connecting Ideas like:

- Association: Linking related or unrelated ideas to spark new insights.

- Integration and Connection:

- Mind Mapping: Visualizing ideas and their relationships in an organized way.

 

[Joshe]

Nice! Maybe add in something like a "project brief" that states why you're interested in the subject, how it's relevant to you, how it will help you, how it fits into your current understanding, how you feel about it, how important it is to you or your goals, why you care, stuff like that.  

I've been focused on this topic lately but my focus has been more narrow. I've been thinking about "components" that could serve as tools in the broader framework. You'd need several components to cover everything, but you could build them one by one.

One key component in this setup would serve to provide a high-level yet comprehensive overview of the subject through carefully crafted questions. Attached is a Claude prompt that I set up as a "project", which allows me to just feed it a term and it gets to work. screenshot. This is a WIP. There's a lot of room for improvement. 

Then, you could have a "distinction" component. For example, you could feed the AI "framework, methodology", and it can analyze the differences however you design it. 

I really like this idea of "components" in knowledge acquisition / understanding. 

Instructions for Claude - Holistic Understanding Framework - Bird's Eye View (Concise version).txt

Edited September 8, 2024 by Joshe

[Princess Arabia]

Leo's name is written all over this. This is probably the basis on how he formulates most of his videos and courses.

[Princess Arabia]

44 minutes ago, Joshe said:

Nice! Maybe add in something like a "project brief" that states why you're interested in the subject, how it's relevant to you, how it will help you, how it fits into your current understanding, how you feel about it, home important it is to you or your goals, why you care, stuff like that.

Yeah, this is more like a niche and more personalized which will probably be a bit more difficult to generalize; but yeah it fits in perfectly.

[Princess Arabia]

20 hours ago, Slifon said:

. Cognition: The overall process of thinking, understanding, and processing information.

Funny, because I was going to put in the "request a video topic" section something in the realm of understanding and the processes involved, like his video on how to determine what's true - along that line. So maybe our minds were linked and if we focus hard enough, he might follow through.