A course · 3 journeys · 15 concepts
How the World Works
Point the trained mind outward: at systems, at people, at society.
The trained mind, pointed outward. You learn to read the systems that run your life - the loops, the tipping points, the levers - then the hidden forces that drive what people actually do, and the invisible structures of trust, rules, and incentives that hold societies together or pull them apart. You leave seeing the machinery under everyday life, and where to push it.
No videos. No quizzes. Each concept is one guided conversation that ends when you can wield the idea in your own words - and every idea you earn becomes a star on your own map of understanding.
The arc
- 01
How Systems Behave
5 conceptsYou will be able to predict how complex systems actually move, and find where to push.
Feedback Loops · Stocks and Flows · Emergence · Nonlinearity and Tipping Points · Leverage Points
- 02
How People Actually Work
5 conceptsYou will be able to read the invisible incentives behind what people really do.
Loss Aversion · Status Games · Cognitive Dissonance · Game Theory · Narrative Identity
- 03
The Fabric of Society
5 conceptsYou will be able to see the hidden rules, incentives, and trust that make collective life work or fail.
Trust and Social Capital · Tragedy of the Commons · Social Norms · Collective Action · Institutions
What you keep
Every concept you graduate becomes a Flash - the idea in your words, kept. Every journey ends in a capstone: you bring its ideas together on something real from your own world, and seal a constellation with a name. The course is complete when its constellations are.
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