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Life Docs
This document is designed to be a general guide to living, with a focus on practicality and simplicity.
This is not meant to be comprehensive or exhaustive, but instead a collection of useful information that can be used to understand living.
Current Progress
All documents are intended to be a superficial overview of the topic, with links to more detailed documents where necessary. Things that could not be considered easy to explain or "common sense" are not included.
Content regarding historic events must not include details of tragedies or other sensitive topics, except a superficial overview. Focus is on understanding the structure of human development, rather than the specifics of events.
Content regarding socio-economic systems, except for the basic concepts of economics, is not included. This includes political ideologies, social movements, and other complex topics. The focus is on understanding the basic structure of current society, rather than theory.
In general, the focus is on practical knowledge that can be used in everyday life.
- Measurements
- Metric System
- Volume
- Distance
- Mass
- Food
- Purchase of food
- Unsafe sources
- Basic cooking
- Health & Safety
- Social Interaction
- Your personal rights
- Simple communication
- Simple relationships
- Basics of attraction
- Finance
- Money system
- Basics of economy
- Transactions
- Banking
- Taxes
- Education
- Education system overview
- Primary education
- Secondary education
- Higher education
- Work
- Society
- Government
- Laws
- Democracy
- Information on elections across the world
- Other types of government
- Civil Rights
- Reproduction
- Health
- Pregnancy
- Childbirth
- Child development
- Science (advanced)
- Scientific method
- History of science
- Simple concepts
- Velocity
- Energy
- Gravity
- Light
- History
- Pre-history (before 3000 BCE)
- Ancient history (3000 BCE-476 CE)
- Middle Ages (476-1492)
- Modern history (1492-1789)
- Recent history (1789+)
- Industrial Revolution
- World Wars (once again, no details on tragedies)
- Specific Disorders (to be written by professionals or those affected only, general overview)
- Autism
- ADHD
- Dissociative Identity Disorder
- Geography
- Continents (concept)
- Countries (concept and overview)
- Cities
- Oceans
- Climate
- Natural disasters
- Maps
- Time zones
- Coordinate system
- Spaceflight
- History
- Planets and Moons
- Rovers, Landers, and Probes
- Satellites
- Vehicles (rockets)
- Solar system, galaxies (overview)
- Critical Thinking
- Other subjects
NOTE
The rest of this specific page is intended to be a set of guidelines for writing documents in this repository. If you are simply looking for information on living, please refer to the other documents in this repository
Document Tone
This document is written as if the reader was "born yesterday" and has no prior knowledge of the world. There are many things in here that may seem obvious to everyone, but they are still included for the sake of not assuming anything.
Writing Guidelines
- Do not use jargon or technical terms, unless they are defined.
- Do not use idioms, slang or cultural references unless they are defined.
- Use simple language and short sentences.
- Do not assume prior knowledge of anything beyond a 16-year-old's understanding of language and logic.
- If knowledge of simple math (basic operations) is required, it should be marked as such.
- Complicated topics that cannot be explained easily should not be mentioned, unless to explain an obvious gap in knowledge.
- Do not simplify topics in a way that makes them incorrect or misleading, such as saying "there are three states of matter". Instead, say "there are three common states of matter".
- Humor, sarcasm and irony are to be avoided unless they are important to the topic at hand.
- No personal opinions or beliefs are to be included, unless they are universally accepted, scientifically verified facts. (e.g. "The Earth is round." is acceptable, but "The Earth is the best planet." is not.)
- Do not assume the reader's location, culture, or background. This document is meant to be read by anyone, anywhere. Clarifications for users in specific locations can be added, if confusion could arise from a general statement. (e.g. "In the United States, this is called a 'cookie'., but in the United Kingdom, it is called a 'biscuit'.")
The Wikipedia Manual of Style is an excellent resource for writing guidelines.
Remote Content
All images and external content should be linked to, rather than embedded. This is to prevent any issues with copyright or licensing.
In general, Wikimedia Commons is a good source for images and media that are free to use. Pick either vector images, or images resized to a width of 1280 pixels at most to avoid large file sizes.
Formatting
This document is written in Markdown, a simple and easy-to-read format that can be converted into many other formats. It is designed to be read in a text editor, but can also be converted into a PDF or HTML file for easier reading.
Style Guidelines
- Numbers: All numbers should be put in backticks (the
`character), like1,000.
Appendix
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