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Cognitive Tools

Techniques for getting results on hard problems: reaching the options your default mind skips, grounding them against how systems actually work, then deciding, planning, and acting. Methods, not theory.

01Recipe6 minJun 9, 2026

Past the Obvious

The original ideas arrive late, after the obvious ones clear. You cannot will yourself there, but you can force the move off the default path, borrow from a far domain, then let reality correct you.