Part 1 · Introduction · Short link poliacik.ai/c/2
Check Your Seat
Notice your thinking before it quietly goes on autopilot.
Mind HackerPhilosopher
Catch your mind on autopilot. This chapter introduces metacognition and explores how language can help you notice, examine and steer your own thinking.
This chapter currently has a summary and tool descriptions. Full exercises are marked wherever they are available.
Key terms
- Automation bias: Giving automated advice undue weight, including accepting it when relevant evidence calls it into question.
- Cognitive offloading: Moving part of a mental task onto an external aid, such as a notebook, calculator or AI assistant.
- Metacognition: Awareness of your own thinking, together with the ability to monitor and regulate it.
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