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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

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Review new agents weekly, established ones monthly…

Set agent review cadences at 7 days for new habits, 30 days for established behaviors, and immediately after any major context change, because review timing must match the actual rate of drift in each agent type.

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Monthly trigger audit

Conduct monthly trigger audits by evaluating each trigger against four questions: Is it still firing? Do you respond when it fires? Is the behavior still relevant? Is calibration still correct?

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Review all installed defaults quarterly — outdated…

Schedule quarterly reviews of every default you have installed in your systems and processes, because contexts change and outdated defaults silently steer toward yesterday's goals without conscious detection.

1 lessonsystems-thinkingmaintenancedefaults
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Schedule reviews at intervals shorter than natural…

Schedule forcing functions (weekly reviews, monthly retrospectives, quarterly strategy assessments) at intervals shorter than the natural feedback latency to artificially tighten loops that cannot be structurally accelerated.

1 lessonfeedback-loopsreview-cadenceforcing-functions
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Quarterly authority audit

Conduct quarterly authority audits for one domain at a time using a structured format that records source, domain, basis of trust, scope of expertise, last verification date, and delegation level.

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Review commitments quarterly (monthly for high-stakes)…

Schedule commitment renewal reviews at fixed intervals (quarterly for most commitments, monthly for high-stakes or rapidly evolving ones) rather than waiting for subjective dissatisfaction, because perceptual thresholds prevent detection of gradual drift.

1 lessoncommitment-renewalreview-cadencedrift-detection
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Schedule reassessment checkpoints calibrated to domain…

Schedule recurring reassessment checkpoints (weekly/monthly/quarterly) calibrated to domain volatility rather than relying on spontaneous awareness to detect when priorities need updating.

1 lessonreassessmentvolatility-matchingreview-cadence
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Three review altitudes

Review workflows weekly for execution status, monthly for portfolio health, and quarterly for strategic alignment—each altitude catches different kinds of drift.

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