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Timeless fundamentals for a world with AGI.

Scientific temperament. First principles. Real power over mass and energy — still worth knowing when work-for-money fades.

Method

How we teach

Socratic guidance plus Concept Development Studies. You reconstruct the model; we do not hand you a theorem to memorise.

Socratic delivery

Lessons guide with questions. The learner reasons aloud, outlines, and explains until they can reconstruct the model themselves. Ability to explain beats solving a formula problem by rote.

Concept Development Study

Pattern inspired by John S. Hutchinson’s Concept Development Studies in Chemistry (Connexions / Rice, CC BY 2.0). Each lesson follows the same arc:

  1. 1

    Foundation

    State the assumed knowledge clearly — what we already take as given before this lesson begins.

  2. 2

    Questions that arise

    From the Foundation, name the questions that naturally follow. Curiosity is the engine, not a syllabus checklist.

  3. 3

    Observations & deductions

    Work from observations and logical deductions — not memorised facts. Prefer evidence you could check.

  4. 4

    Further questions → refine

    New questions refine the picture until a model answers them. Iterate; do not leap to a final answer.

  5. 5

    Models, not proven theorems

    Models explain; they are not proven theorems. Prefer the simplest explanation that fits (Occam).

  6. 6

    Study by reasoning

    Outline, explain, reconstruct. Do not memorise. If you can teach the model back, you own it.

Ten themes

What we study

Each theme is a Concept Development Study arc — foundation, questions, observations, model — not a chapter of facts to cram. For a one-page view of what the themes let you do, from heating and cooling to holding acid and guiding people, see the Control map.

  1. 01

    How to know

    See clearly. Test hard. Fail usefully. Prefer evidence over authority — and treat “I don’t know” as strength.

    Lesson 1 · Seeing vs believing → Lesson 2 · Falsifiability → Lesson 3 · Choosing your questions → All lessons
  2. 02

    First principles

    Strip problems to what is true. Rebuild from axioms. Separate nature’s limits from culture’s habits — including jobs and money.

    Lesson 1 · Strip it to what is true → Lesson 2 · Frame the problem, then invent → All lessons Skills · TRIZ refresher
  3. 03

    Matter & mass

    Mass is conserved. Structure decides strength. Stuff still limits what any intelligence can do. Treat mass as a hard budget.

  4. 04

    Energy

    Energy changes form, does work, leaks as heat. Every action has an energy bill. Read the bill before you act.

  5. 05

    Power

    Power is energy per time. Watts and duration decide what moves. Ask “how many watts, for how long?” before “is it a good idea?”

  6. 06

    Thermodynamics

    Entropy rises unless you pay. Engines and fridges hit hard ceilings. No intelligence rewrites those walls — design inside them.

  7. 07

    Fields & forces

    Gravity, electromagnetism, and pressure move mass. Force through distance is work. Choose the force; move matter on purpose.

  8. 08

    Information & measurement

    Units, error, signal, noise. Measure enough to act. Defend every decision with numbers you could check.

  9. 09

    Systems & feedback

    Stocks, flows, loops, delays. Systems overshoot or stabilize by design. Build feedback that keeps outcomes alive under stress.

  10. 10

    Agency without wages

    When survival work fades, contribution remains. Tokens can coordinate — physics still binds. Use mass and energy literacy for shared power, not domination.