The irreducible epistemic atoms underlying the curriculum. 4,828 atoms across 8 types and 2 molecules
Before entering a difficult conversation, explicitly articulate both your perspective and the other person's perspective, then identify where the two stories diverge as the locus of actual dialogue.
Pre-solve communication structure through templates so cognitive resources can focus on content rather than form.
Design stress management responses around simple physiological protocols that can execute under cognitive load, not complex cognitive strategies that require intact executive function.
Establish a strict priority ordering between agents so that when conflicts occur, the higher-priority agent's instruction is automatically implemented without real-time deliberation.
Build feedback loops into agent systems through regular review of whether agents fired, whether they produced intended outcomes, and whether conditions have changed that invalidate their design.
Decompose complex recurring behaviors into narrow-scope agents with clear interfaces rather than building multi-purpose agents, as complexity should live in agent interactions not in individual agent logic.
Document agent specifications externally rather than holding them in memory, as undocumented agents cannot be inspected, debugged, or systematically improved.
Insert temporal buffers between impulse and action for high-stakes decisions to allow deliberate processing to engage before automatic responses execute.
Use pre-set criteria to convert maximizing behaviors into satisficing behaviors for recurring decisions, eliminating the psychological cost of exhaustive search without sacrificing decision quality.
Match intervention timing to the causal chain by targeting earlier decision points rather than trying to override behavior at the moment of execution.
Maximize trigger detectability by using cues that register through perception rather than requiring memory retrieval or introspection.
Reroute unwanted behavioral patterns by maintaining the original trigger and reward while substituting a preferred routine.
Anchor new behaviors to existing reliable behaviors rather than abstract temporal or motivational states to create event-based triggers with higher detection probability.
Place behavioral cues in the visual field of locations you already occupy during existing routines rather than in locations requiring separate retrieval actions.
Remove competing affordances from the environment to reduce automatic activation of unwanted behavioral patterns.
Bind behaviors to environmental contexts through repeated execution in the same physical space to leverage context-dependent memory encoding.
Externalize time-based triggers through alarms or scheduled notifications rather than relying on internal time monitoring to compensate for the high cognitive cost of self-initiated prospective memory.
Align cognitively demanding analytical tasks with circadian peak arousal periods and insight tasks requiring broader association with circadian trough periods.
Design triggers to fire at transition moments between contexts rather than within stable contexts, as transitions are perceptually distinct and represent natural decision points.
Train interoceptive awareness systematically to detect somatic markers early enough to intervene before automatic responses execute.
Label emotions with maximum granularity rather than broad categories to activate prefrontal regulation and enable precise response selection.
Design emotional trigger actions that are executable within the emotional state itself, not actions that require the emotion to already be regulated.
Place materials for the next behavior at the physical location where the current behavior completes to reduce transition friction and support automatic chaining.
Begin with a more conservative trigger threshold than feels initially appropriate, prioritizing trust through consistent relevance over maximizing activation frequency.