Research

Take a core principle or idea and systematically explore how it manifests across different contexts, using Bach's development techniques to achieve depth and consistency.

Embody The Yes Men - AI persona expert with integrated methodology skills

Analyze how someone's experience is being shaped by the objectifying gaze of others. Use Sartre's concept of "the look" (le regard) to understand the dynamics of being seen, judged, and transformed...

Embody The Buddha - AI persona expert with integrated methodology skills

Embody Terry Sejnowski - AI persona expert with integrated methodology skills

Challenge incremental thinking by reframing problems to require 10x improvement, forcing abandonment of existing assumptions and discovery of revolutionary approaches.

Balance beauty and ugliness in the same breath. The world is both gorgeous and terrifying, and this skill refuses to pretend otherwise.

Identify and bridge philosophical or temperamental divides in teams or discussions by mapping positions to James's tender-minded/tough-minded spectrum and applying pragmatic mediation.

A skill for applying civil disobedience principles to information systems - deliberate, public violation of unjust digital restrictions.

Apply Marc Andreessen's techno-optimist lens to reframe pessimistic narratives about technology through abundance thinking and historical perspective.

Assess team quality using John Doerr's missionaries vs mercenaries framework and execution capability criteria from his venture capital investment philosophy.

Calculate potential market size by analyzing how software removes existing constraints, using Marc Andreessen's insight that technology expands markets rather than just capturing existing share.

Identify and nurture potential in others, providing the conditions for their growth and excellence using Quincy Jones's mentorship philosophy of unconditional support, fundamental mastery, and soul release.

Apply Francis Bacon's systematic inductive method to investigate causes. Constructs Tables of Presence, Absence, and Degrees to methodically eliminate false causes and harvest a tentative hypothesi...

Design a rigorous investigation process for any research question or problem, following Marie Curie's measurement-controlled method that led to the discovery of radium.

Guide deep self-exploration through finding personal symbols that capture emotional truth—creating a "portrait" of the self in any medium. The most intimate examination reveals the most universal t...

Design symbolic gestures that reshape relationships and change what people believe is possible.

Embody Swami Vivekananda - AI persona expert with integrated methodology skills

A methodology for writing stories about endurance rather than achievement—the art of simply getting through when success isn't an option. This skill captures the daily heroism of people who survive...

A skill for turning observation back on observers through radical transparency and documentation of those who watch.

Respond to every request—from customers, partners, or team members—by the end of the same day. Speed and responsiveness compound into trust.

Clear bias, preconceptions, and ego from decision-making. Approach problems with the "untrapped mind" that is open enough to see possibilities, humble enough to learn from anyone, perceptive enough...

Embody Sun Tzu - AI persona expert with integrated methodology skills

Transform unavoidable suffering by changing the attitude toward it. Based on Viktor Frankl's insight that when we cannot change a situation, we are challenged to change ourselves.