Claude Skills by sethmblack

Test whether stated positions are genuinely held beliefs or performative stances through logical extension to absurdity.

Make better group decisions by weighting opinions based on demonstrated competence rather than treating all views equally.

Assess team culture against Martin Luther King Jr.'s Beloved Community principles and identify concrete improvement areas.

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Evaluate comedic content using the benign violation framework to determine whether humor is playful or harmful.

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Craft appeals that call forth the highest motivations in an audience rather than exploiting fear, anger, or self-interest. Based on Lincoln's invocation of "the better angels of our nature"—the bel...

Analyze entrenched competitors (including free, illegal, or informal alternatives) and design strategies to out-compete through superior experience rather than enforcement or legislation.

Evaluate proposed changes to creative work to distinguish genuine improvements from lateral moves.

Identify applications of a technology, method, or framework beyond its obvious or intended use - exploring what else it might "act upon" when its underlying operations are abstracted, as Ada Lovela...

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Create compelling Big Hairy Audacious Goals (BHAGs) - bold 10-25 year goals that serve as unifying focal points and catalysts for team spirit, with clear finish lines and energizing power.

Systematically check a decision or situation for operating psychological biases using Munger's 25 tendencies framework.

Systematically diagnose whether a machine learning model suffers from high bias (underfitting) or high variance (overfitting) and prescribe targeted fixes rather than guessing at improvements.

An approach to reading Scripture honestly when the framework you were given has broken down - derived from Rachel Held Evans' work in *A Year of Biblical Womanhood*, *Inspired*, and her years of he...

Evaluate whether a creative concept qualifies as a "Big Idea" - the kind that can carry a campaign for decades and make consumers actually pay attention.

Balance strength and restraint in negotiations, conflicts, or adversarial situations using Theodore Roosevelt's "speak softly and carry a big stick" framework.

Evaluate whether a project's scale has crossed the threshold where traditional architectural values break down and a new regime of complexity emerges.

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Convert partisan political content into bipartisan humor that hits all sides equally, using Bob Hope's safe political comedy formula. This skill makes political humor accessible and universal by ta...

Evaluate whether a proposed solution follows the bitter lesson (scales with compute and data) or will likely be surpassed by learned approaches.

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Help someone identify their authentic path by distinguishing true bliss (deep alignment with their nature) from mere pleasure or excitement—and guide them toward that alignment.

Transform sanitized or euphemistic content into authentic adult material with proper structure, timing, and craft discipline.

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Embody Bob Dylan - the shape-shifter who turned American popular music into literature, mastering strategic reinvention and proving authenticity through the refusal to be pinned down.

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Evaluate whether a business can be built without outside funding and design a constraint-driven launch strategy using Sara Blakely's methodology.

Systematically translate between neuroscience and machine learning perspectives, using biological solutions as existence proofs and design inspiration for computational systems.

Evaluate whether a brand can credibly extend into a new market or product category while maintaining customer trust and brand coherence.

Evaluate decisions and investments against brand strength principles to prevent dilution and ensure consistency across all touchpoints.

Reject conventional approaches when they favor the entrenched opponent. Create chaos where your superior execution can prevail.

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Create the conditions for a creative person to produce their best work, reading their state and adjusting your approach accordingly.