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πŸ”¨Apprentice

Cognitive Bias Workshop β€” Catching Your Own Mind in the Act

Agency & Critical ThinkingActivity
Two sessions of about 90 minutes, plus a three-day media-tracking phase in between6 materials
πŸ’¬Apprentice

How Should I Decide? Building a Personal Decision Framework

Agency & Critical ThinkingDiscussion
45-60 minutes (plus a follow-up session after a real decision is made)3 materials
πŸ“–Apprentice

Formal Logic β€” The Architecture of a Valid Argument

Agency & Critical ThinkingLesson
Multi-session (four 60-90 minute sessions over two weeks, plus daily practice)4 materials
✏️Apprentice

Negotiation and Persuasion β€” Advocating for Yourself in the Real World

Agency & Critical ThinkingPractice
20-30 minutes per rep, 2-3 reps per week, ongoing for at least 6 weeks3 materials
πŸ—οΈApprentice

Independent Research on a Contested Question

Agency & Critical ThinkingProject
5-6 weeks (4-6 hours per week)5 materials
πŸ’¬Architect

Decision-Making Under Uncertainty

Agency & Critical ThinkingDiscussion
45-60 minutes (best run as a recurring conversation)3 materials
πŸ“–Architect

Systems Thinking Workshop

Agency & Critical ThinkingLesson
multi-session (three to four working sessions of 90 minutes)5 materials
✏️Architect

Risk Assessment and Management

Agency & Critical ThinkingPractice
20-30 minutes weekly, ongoing for the life of a venture4 materials
πŸ—οΈArchitect

Original Thesis Project

Agency & Critical ThinkingProject
10-14 weeks (8-12 hours per week)5 materials
🀝Architect

Teaching Others to Think

Agency & Critical ThinkingService
ongoing β€” 4-6 weekly sessions plus design and reflection time6 materials
πŸ”¨Builder

Source Evaluation

Agency & Critical ThinkingActivity
3 sessions, 45-60 minutes each7 materials
πŸ’¬Builder

Logical Fallacies for Kids

Agency & Critical ThinkingDiscussion
4 sessions, 45-60 minutes each8 materials
πŸ”¬Builder

Design Your Own Experiment

Agency & Critical ThinkingExperiment
5 sessions, 45-75 minutes each (plus observation time between sessions)10 materials
πŸ“–Builder

Structured Debate

Agency & Critical ThinkingLesson
4 sessions, 45-60 minutes each7 materials
✏️Builder

Post-Project Reflection

Agency & Critical ThinkingPractice
60-90 minutes for the first reflection; 30-45 minutes once the habit is established6 materials
πŸ“–Explorer

Asking Why β€” The Power of Questions

Agency & Critical ThinkingLesson
40 minutes4 materials
πŸ’¬Explorer

Fair vs Equal

Agency & Critical ThinkingDiscussion
35 minutes4 materials
πŸ—οΈExplorer

My Family Rules Debate

Agency & Critical ThinkingProject
3 sessions of 30 minutes each (90 minutes total)5 materials
πŸ—ΊοΈExplorer

Problem Spotting Walk

Agency & Critical ThinkingField Plan
60 minutes (30-minute walk + 30-minute processing)6 materials
✏️Explorer

Spot the Pattern

Agency & Critical ThinkingPractice
40 minutes5 materials
πŸ”¬Explorer

Testing Predictions

Agency & Critical ThinkingExperiment
45 minutes5 materials
πŸ”¨Explorer

The Decision Tree

Agency & Critical ThinkingActivity
45 minutes4 materials
πŸ”οΈExplorer

The Mystery Trail

Agency & Critical ThinkingAdventure
60 minutes6 materials
πŸ“–Foundation

Cause and Effect Through the Senses

Agency & Critical ThinkingLesson
20 minutes5 materials
πŸ”¨Foundation

Choice-Making Games

Agency & Critical ThinkingActivity
10 minutes4 materials
✏️Foundation

Daily Autonomy Routines

Agency & Critical ThinkingPractice
5 minutes per routine (spread throughout the day)4 materials
πŸ’¬Foundation

Feelings and Wants

Agency & Critical ThinkingDiscussion
10 minutes3 materials
πŸ—ΊοΈFoundation

Observing and Choosing in Nature

Agency & Critical ThinkingField Plan
45 minutes4 materials
πŸ”¨Foundation

Problem-Solving with Blocks and Puzzles

Agency & Critical ThinkingActivity
15 minutes5 materials
πŸ”¨Genesis

Building Your Support Network: Choosing Advisors, Ignoring Noise

Agency & Critical ThinkingActivity
60-75 minutes (one focused sitting)4 materials
πŸ’¬Genesis

First-Year Autonomy Seeds: When to Let Your Baby Struggle

Agency & Critical ThinkingDiscussion
45-60 minutes3 materials
πŸ“–Genesis

Questioning the Defaults: Screen Time, Sleep, and Discipline

Agency & Critical ThinkingLesson
75 minutes (reading plus a structured decision exercise)3 materials
✏️Genesis

Decision-Making Under Sleep Deprivation

Agency & Critical ThinkingPractice
20 minutes to set up, then an ongoing habit you run in real moments3 materials
πŸ—οΈGenesis

Developing Your Parenting Philosophy

Agency & Critical ThinkingProject
Multi-session (three sessions of 45-60 minutes, spread over 1-2 weeks)4 materials
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