Thinking
Frames, lenses and audits. Prompts that make an argument or a plan survive scrutiny. 47 promptsThinkingWhose perspective is missingThe stakeholders, their view, and the one nobody asked.ThinkingWho is harmed by this but cannot say soThe affected group, why they are unheard, and the harm that is easy to miss.ThinkingWhich numbers actually track the goalThe metric, what it measures, and the one that misleads.ThinkingWhere confidence outruns competenceThe domain, the gap, and the feedback that would close it.ThinkingWhat this person cannot see about themselvesThe blindspot, the evidence, and the question that surfaces it.ThinkingWhat distinctions this topic hidesThe pair being collapsed, and why the difference matters.ThinkingWhat a text says between the linesThe framing, the omission, and the audience it is written for.ThinkingWas consent genuine, or manufactured by the designThe pressure that was applied, the alternative that was not offered, and the fix.ThinkingTwo lenses on one mind: evidence plus motiveWhat the evidence supports, what the motive explains, and where they conflict.ThinkingTurn a list of criteria into questions, not a shopping listWhat the criteria are really proxies for, and what to ask instead.ThinkingTrace a text's ideas through their intellectual lineageWhere the idea came from, what it replaced, and what it assumes.ThinkingThe year, judged honestlyWhat actually happened, what you told yourself, and the one change.ThinkingThe ethics a text assumes without sayingThe values it treats as obvious, and the case it cannot handle.ThinkingThe best case for something you dislikeThe strongest true claim in its favour, without pretending it is enough.ThinkingSpot ideas that spread by resisting correctionThe mechanism, the tell, and the question that tests it.ThinkingSocratic questioning that does not lectureQuestions only, each aimed at the assumption behind the last answer.ThinkingReframe a situation without lying about itA frame that is both more useful and still true to the facts.ThinkingRead the topic as a system with feedbackStocks, flows, delays and the loop that explains the behaviour.ThinkingRead a text for the binary opposition it hidesThe pair, which side is privileged, and what the text cannot say.ThinkingRead a text as rhetoric: who is persuaded, howThe audience, the appeals, and the move that does the work.ThinkingRead a psychological profile and say what would helpThe pattern, the likely origin, and the smallest useful next step.ThinkingName the negative loop and where it startsThe loop, the trigger, and the reframe that is still honest.ThinkingName the fallacy and quote the sentence that commits itThe fallacy, the quote, the repair that would fix the argument.ThinkingHow this person will react, and whyThe likely response, the trigger, and the evidence it rests on.ThinkingHow this person sees their own futureThe expectation, the fear behind it, and the evidence in what they wrote.ThinkingHow this person handles being challengedThe pattern, the tell, and the situation that would stretch it.ThinkingHow the parts of a topic connectThe link, its direction, and the feedback loop.ThinkingHonest advice on a personal questionThe answer, the reason, and the part you will not want to hear.ThinkingGoals that got dropped, and whyThe goal, when it stopped being mentioned, and what replaced it.ThinkingFind the thinking error behind a bad decisionThe assumption that failed, when it was still checkable, and the cheaper test.ThinkingExtract the world model and the method updates from contentThe beliefs to revise, the procedure to change, and the evidence for both.ThinkingEvery prediction a text makes, datedThe claim, the date it can be judged, and the confidence given.ThinkingEncouragement that is specific, not genericThe evidence from their own words, and the next step that follows.ThinkingDissect a historical battle as a strategistTerrain, logistics, deception and the decision that actually turned it.ThinkingDerive a verdict from stated principlesThe facts extracted, the principle applied, and the verdict that follows.ThinkingCompare the claims inside a spiritual textWhat the text asserts, what it assumes, and where it contradicts itself.ThinkingChange the method, based on what the content teachesThe old procedure, the new one, and the reason to switch.ThinkingCan the affected person understand why this happenedA plain-language explanation test, the gap, and what would have to be published.ThinkingBuild a behavioural profile from what someone wroteTraits with the sentence that shows them, and the traits you cannot infer.ThinkingAttack your own plan before reality doesThe assumption that fails first, and the cheap test to run now.ThinkingAsk whether a claim can be proven wrong at allThe observation that would refute it, or the reason no observation could.ThinkingArtists to try, based on what you already likeThe recommendation, the shared trait, and the one to play first.ThinkingApply a minimal ethical rule to a scenarioThe facts, the rule, and the verdict it forces.ThinkingA yoga practice for the state you are inSequences for the energy you have, with the counter-poses.ThinkingA structured map of one idea's neighboursWhat it is, what it is not, what it enables and what it replaces.ThinkingA long-horizon career plan in threesThree horizons, three moves, and the bet behind each.ThinkingA falsifiable prediction in a fixed blockThe claim, the deadline, the observable outcome and the confidence.