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How to ThinkIn the Age of AI
Principlev1PR-1911

Examine the origin and installation history of each major…

Examine the origin and installation history of each major goal to distinguish purposes you have reflectively endorsed from purposes you have merely internalized through social pressure.

Why This Is a Principle

Derives from Environmental Installation of Early Schemas (early schemas installed by environmental input) and Piagetian Equilibration Through Schema Dynamics (development through assimilation vs accommodation). The principle prescribes historical analysis as a method for detecting introjected vs integrated values. Actionable and general.