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  • Designing the Lost Apprenticeship of Adulthood

    Designing the Lost Apprenticeship of Adulthood
    2025/12/13
    The provided text, an excerpt from Greg Twemlow’s thesis "Designing the Lost Apprenticeship of Adulthood," articulates the contemporary collapse of a "synchronised" pathway into maturity, arguing that this developmental structure, which provided clear milestones and societal rhythms in the past, no longer exists. Twemlow posits that this loss of scaffolding has caused a generational "drift" among young people (Gen Z and Gen Alpha), who are moving from a highly structured childhood into a chaotic, asynchronous adult world, often mediated by AI. To counter this, the author proposes a "Sovereignty Studio" metaphor—a new, deliberate, and co-designed developmental architecture built on five key principles, including Reflection, Orientation, Friction, Mentorship, and Threshold Sequences. The core argument is that adulthood is not a natural event but an induction, and that elders must now consciously build this "lost apprenticeship" alongside the young to ensure future generations achieve "co-agency"—mastery of the self in the presence of intelligent systems—rather than just following them. Read the article.
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    37 分
  • Don’t Write Code, Describe Functionality

    Don’t Write Code, Describe Functionality
    2025/12/12
    The source is a detailed article written by Greg Twemlow, detailing his experience building a minimal, reusable text snippet application called TexoLab by leveraging artificial intelligence tools. He explains that, despite a previous inability to embrace traditional coding, he successfully created this application by focusing solely on describing the desired behaviour and functionality of the tool in plain language. The core of his collaborative process involved ChatGPT generating the complete code files (HTML, CSS, JavaScript) from these descriptions, and the code editor Cursor serving as the workspace for testing and running the single-file application. Twemlow emphasises the KISS (Keep It Simple, Stupid) principle, resulting in a locally-owned tool that requires no installation or login, while also advocating that this "describe, don't code" methodology makes software creation accessible to non-developers who possess strong behaviour design skills. Read the article.
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    14 分
  • Creativity Is the Native State of the Human Mind

    Creativity Is the Native State of the Human Mind
    2025/12/09
    The provided source, an article by Greg Twemlow, argues that creativity is the innate state of the human mind, suggesting that the perceived decline in creativity is not due to a genuine loss but to systematic pressures from schooling and work environments that favour synchronous thinking over the mind's natural, asynchronous rhythm. Twemlow contends that this societal pressure forces people to internalise self-doubt, leading them to believe they are not creative. The author positions Artificial Intelligence (AI) not as a threat but as an ally in rediscovering this inherent creativity, particularly because AI's endless availability and patience can accommodate the slow, iterative process of natural thought. By using AI reflectively, individuals can overcome creative paralysis and explore nascent ideas without fear of judgment, ultimately leading to ethical and authentic transformation of their work. The piece concludes that AI simply holds the door open for people to reclaim their imagination by providing a non-judgmental space for exploration. Read the article.
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    12 分
  • The Geometry of Curiosity

    The Geometry of Curiosity
    2025/12/07
    The text, an excerpt from an article by Greg Twemlow titled "The Geometry of Curiosity," presents a thought experiment where the 16th-century artist Leonardo da Vinci and the 18th-century polymath Ruđer Bošković meet outside of time, orchestrated by AI, to discuss their work. Twemlow explores the concept of intergenerational geometry, arguing that Leonardo's focus on the geometry of the visible (bodies, structures, load paths) and Bošković’s focus on the geometry of the invisible (dimensionless points, attraction, and repulsion forces) are two complementary views of the same underlying structure of reality. The author draws a parallel between Bošković's physical forces and his own Context & Critique Rule for cognition, suggesting that both involve finding a stable balance between attraction (Context/Curiosity) and repulsion (Critique/Scepticism) to ensure thinking remains coherent under pressure. The piece concludes by encouraging readers to cultivate their own geometry of curiosity by actively engaging with historical artifacts and contributing to the ongoing "unfinished message" of knowledge. Read the article.
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    11 分
  • Why Creativity Begins With Reflection

    Why Creativity Begins With Reflection
    2025/12/06
    The provided text, an article titled "Bauhaus for the Mind: Why Creativity Begins With Reflection," argues that genuine creativity stems from deliberate reflection and attention, not from speed or talent. The author, Greg Twemlow, draws a deep connection between the philosophy of the Bauhaus design school, which focused on the slow study of materials and perception, and the proper use of Artificial Intelligence (AI) today. He posits that AI serves as a "mirror" or a "modern muse," accelerating the process of reflection by providing immediate feedback that forces creators to clarify their true intentions and confront their cognitive patterns, rather than merely producing polished outputs. Ultimately, the article contends that AI is pushing creators toward a necessary "Asynchronous Revolution," where deepening one's understanding of self—through processes like the Context & Critique Rule™—is the real work of creativity. Read the article.
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    14 分
  • How to Bypass SaaS in 2026 and Lead with AI

    How to Bypass SaaS in 2026 and Lead with AI
    2025/12/03
    The source material critiques the common approach of using AI merely for "Acceleration," arguing this tactic only speeds up inefficient "Zombie Processes" trapped within the "App Swamp" of siloed Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) tools. Instead, the author advocates for "Power AI" and "The Great Decoupling," which fundamentally re-architects operations by separating Data (truth) from Interfaces (friction). This separation is achieved through Sovereign Agents that use APIs to bypass user interfaces and harvest unified information directly from systems, rendering the traditional silo structure irrelevant. This new architecture of work is governed by three mandates—Discern, Automate, Author—where humans graduate from being mere "Users" to strategic "Authors" (or SPARKs) who provide ethical commitment and critique. Ultimately, success is measured by the Sovereign Leverage Ratio, which tracks the ratio of automated agents operating via APIs against human users interacting with UIs. Read the article.
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    14 分
  • Journey of Discovery Into the Archives We Leave Behind

    Journey of Discovery Into the Archives We Leave Behind
    2025/12/01
    The source introduces Greg Twemlow’s framework, the Sovereign Story Stack™, which is a methodical approach to gathering the scattered evidence of a modern life into one coherent account. Twemlow argues that identity often disperses across digital platforms and seasons, prompting this project as a necessary counter-movement against that quiet scattering, driven by clarity rather than nostalgia. The first part of this series focuses on mapping the locations of these fragmented breadcrumbs—including emails, photo metadata, and ChatGPT histories—and detailing how AI is employed as an instrument, not a narrator, to accelerate the process of discovery. For sovereignty and durability, the author built a local private, physical archive structured into a Raw Layer for untouched data exports and a Story Layer for curated items of significance. This structure is intended to allow honest patterns and surprising truths to emerge when recollection is eventually measured against the preserved evidence. Read the article.
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    12 分
  • How IB137 Ignites Teenagers’ Cognition

    How IB137 Ignites Teenagers’ Cognition
    2025/11/28
    The text details the development and architecture of IB137, a specialised two-day Human+AI workshop designed by Greg Twemlow to activate the latent cognitive capacity of Year 10–11 adolescents. This program evolved from an earlier workshop that demonstrated unpredictable "ignition moments," aiming instead to establish a reliable system for cognitive clarity accessible to every student. Structural changes underpin the success, including replacing larger teams with small, accountable Pods and employing a 137 Cognitive Ignition moment to reset the learning environment and suspend typical school expectations. Crucially, the workshop positions AI as a cognitive scaffold—a tool that reflects and stabilises student thinking by surfacing ambiguities and strengthening reasoning, rather than generating solutions. This support enables the central phase of Human+AI Idea Synthesis, where students build a unified, defensible solution and gain earned cognitive confidence through rigorous analysis and critique. Twemlow employs the oloid metaphor to illustrate that the students' capacity is revealed only when the structured movement of the entire workshop is in motion. Read the article.
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    13 分