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How to ThinkIn the Age of AI

Concepts

The irreducible epistemic atoms underlying the curriculum. 4,828 atoms across 8 types

Rule

For your three highest-drain social interactions, design…

After identifying your three highest-drain social interactions, design one structural modification for each—time limits, format changes, frequency reduction, or recovery buffers—rather than attempting to change your emotional response or the other person's behavior.

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Rule

Sort energy leaks by fix-effort ÷ cognitive-cost ratio…

When conducting energy leak audits, sort items by effort-to-resolve divided by cognitive cost rather than absolute importance to identify highest-return fixes first.

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Rule

Three dispositions for energy leaks within 48 hours

For each identified energy leak, apply exactly one of three strategies within 48 hours: resolve it through action, release it through explicit acknowledgment, or capture it in a trusted external system with a concrete next action.

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Rule

Release energy leaks with explicit articulation — state…

When releasing an energy leak deliberately, state in writing or aloud what you are releasing and why, because explicit articulation registers completion in the cognitive system while vague dismissal leaves the monitoring thread active.

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Rule

Fix only the top 5 highest-return energy leaks at a time…

Do not attempt to resolve every identified energy leak simultaneously; instead, fix the top five highest-return leaks first based on the effort-to-cognitive-cost ratio, accepting that some leaks are structural and will take months.

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