A) - I would say as well, especially academic writing.
About B and C- I would say it depends - reading what? novels? organizing what? your paper? out of the two I would say that C) organizing is the better choice but it is also useful in science.
In Federalist No. 10, Madison identifies direct democracy as a threat to the United States, because under a direct democracy there the potential for 'mob rule,' whereby the largest faction controls the whole.
