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How to ThinkIn the Age of AI
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Version your schemas with dates and track revisions…

Version your schemas with dates and track revisions explicitly — visible history of past changes normalizes schema updating and counters cognitive inertia.

Why This Is a Principle

Derives from Belief Perseverance Against Contradictory Evidence (cognitive systems maintain existing beliefs) and Hindsight Bias and Calibration Necessity (memory reconstructs rather than retrieves). The principle prescribes versioning to create external memory of schema evolution. Counters both hindsight bias and persistence bias.

Source Lessons

Schema construction is the core skill of this curriculum

Everything that follows builds on your ability to create inspect and improve schemas.

The personal unified theory

A small set of core principles that explain most of your experience is an integrated schema.

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