Department 1 · Orientation

Observe Thinking Live

Make your reasoning visible enough to inspect and improve.

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Lesson 3 of 33 · one artifact

By the end

You will be able to make your reasoning visible enough to inspect and improve.

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Before you watch

Write what you currently believe about this lesson's question. Keep the note—you will revise it after watching.

The idea worth keeping

Observe Thinking Live

Metacognition begins when you can watch yourself choose, assume, hesitate, and revise. The rough path is part of the lesson.

Your turn

Observe Thinking Live

One inspectable output

Record ten minutes of yourself solving one real problem without editing the uncertainty out.

Finish with: A short thinking log with assumptions, decisions, and one revision.

See the transfer

THE SAME IDEA. TWO REAL CONTEXTS.

Professional example

A strategist records why one market was chosen over two alternatives.

Clinician example

A physician narrates where an AI summary requires human judgment.

Score your artifact

DOES THE WORK HOLD UP?

  • Shows the decision path
  • Includes uncertainty
  • Ends with a changed thought

Keep this

Observe Thinking Live

  • Metacognition begins when you can watch yourself choose, assume, hesitate, and revise. The rough path is part of the lesson.
  • A short thinking log with assumptions, decisions, and one revision.

Your evidence: A short thinking log with assumptions, decisions, and one revision.