Know the name of the concept later.
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Know the name of the concept later.
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Advantages of using existing terms rather than unique terms include the ability to Google and share stories with others.
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There's a common pattern of having a concept X that you thought of as far as your mind could go, only to find out later that it has a name.
/blu3mo-public/ some knowledge I had before I knew about it.
It would be nice to know the name already attached to the /blu3mo-public/ concept.
Advantages of using existing terms instead of proprietary terms ：
Googleable
Then you can use Shoulder of the Giants, [Wisdom of the ancients
Discussions about the concept (including counterclaims)
Post-XX against XX, and so on.
Can share the story with others who know the word
If others don't know the word, they can easily communicate it by Googling it (depending on the case).
(With Scrapbox, if you make the concept X a link, you can replace it all at once after you know it was named, which is convenient.)
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