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Theory

The ideas behind
the Mind.

Memory, cognition and learning, explained plainly. Explore the mechanisms, follow the connections and question the evidence.

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What does cognition add to memory?

Begin with a familiar decision. See why remembering the facts is only part of the work.

Explore the opening article

Learn the concept.

See it in practice.

Check the evidence.

Read by the question you came with

Four reading paths through the ideas. The complete set of 20 articles is below.

Understand the idea

What cognition adds to memory, and what a Mind actually holds.

  1. Memory recalls the price. Cognition works out the deal.
  2. What is a Mind?
  3. Your AI needs the right context.

Decide whether you need it

When notes and files are enough, and what the evidence does and does not show.

  1. When are notes enough for your AI?
  2. Does giving AI more history improve its answers?
  3. How to compare AI memory systems.

Connect your tools

How context travels between coding tools and the systems an agent can reach.

  1. Carry project decisions between coding tools.
  2. How AI agents connect to your tools.
  3. Change tools without starting from scratch.

Assess the controls

Who may see a fact, when agents should be separated and how to judge learning.

  1. Who a fact is about is not who may see it.
  2. Your agents should not share every secret.
  3. Learning is not permission to do anything.

Explore the ideas

20 articles