In "cultural diversity in the united states: the amish-gemeinschaft community in a gesellschaft society,"amish life is based upon separation from the world achieving maximum efficiency from nature's bounty individuality and innovation industrialization and cooperation

Why does c. wright mills identify critical thinking as one of the most important criteria for the development of intellectual craftsmanship? why is constantly being aware of the biased nature of your reactions and interactions (what c. wright mills calls self-reflexive) key to the development of that critical thinking? finally, why is keeping a file important, how can it lean to intellectual curiosity which can foster critical thinking and to develop a keen analytical mind?