Core human capabilities in the post-memory, post-noise, post-automation era: think better, filter faster, and apply with judgment.
How real understanding is built
Choose a complex topic and explain it in a maximum of five lines using your own words. If it does not fit, simplify the model.
Take a problem and divide it into three main parts, then break each part into three sub-elements (causes, components, or factors).
Read a text or case and write three conclusions that are not explicit but logically deducible. Justify each with “because…”.
Form a hypothesis using: “If X continues, Y will likely happen because Z.” Then write which data you would validate first.
Write down your initial intuition about a situation. Then look for 2–3 quick pieces of evidence to confirm or correct it.
How to reduce complexity without losing meaning
Summarize a text leaving only the most important 20%. That 20% should allow a decision without reading the rest.
Reduce a complex idea to one clear and useful sentence that guides understanding or action.
Rewrite a vague statement until it allows no double interpretation. Replace fuzzy words with concrete terms.
Choose a process and remove 1–2 unnecessary steps without losing quality. Document before and after.
Explain the concept using simple language and one example. If jargon is required, clarity is missing.
How to protect the mind from noise
From ten ideas or data points, select only three that influence decisions. Explain why the rest do not.
Write five things you will NOT do today to protect focus and energy.
Identify the one to three actions that generate most results and do them first.
Before starting a task ask: “Does this move the needle or just fill time?” Adjust accordingly.
One day per week consume only high-quality sources. Observe the change in focus.
How to reframe ideas and adapt to change
Place an idea in historical, social, and technological contexts. Note what changes when one context shifts.
Analyze the same problem as a customer, leader, technician, and future self. Compare priorities.
Reorder notes by impact (high to low), not chronology. This forces essential-first thinking.
Ask: “Which larger system influences this?” Name the system and its effect.
Rewrite an old idea with current knowledge. State what you keep, correct, and add.
How to create future and new value
Define three futures: probable, optimistic, and disruptive. Write two early signals for each.
Take an idea or tool and generate three new uses. One must be intentionally unconventional.
If X happens, write five cascading consequences (X→A→B→C…).
Connect an idea from your field with another discipline and describe the fusion in three lines.
Ask an AI for three ways to scale or automate the idea. Choose one and define the first concrete step.