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.
Chapters used in this lesson
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.