Substack Notes

AI didn't make thinking obsolete.

It revealed that we may have been teaching the wrong layer of thinking for decades.

Techniques are becoming AI features. Schemas matter more than ever. And metacognition — the ability to notice the edges of your own thinking — may be the most important skill we're currently failing to teach.

New free post unpacking all three layers.

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AI hasn't eliminated creativity.

It's revealed that creativity was never located in the techniques.

Brainstorming, SCAMPER, mind maps — useful scaffolds, all of them. But what they were scaffolding toward was always the real thing: the ability to see the structure of an idea clearly enough to notice where something surprising might be possible.

New paid post exploring what replaces the techniques — and introducing Shadow Explorer, a set of prompts designed to help children notice the edges of their thinking.