Start with the condition.
What is happening? Which details are known, and which are interpretations? Give the conversation enough context to examine the actual situation.
MindShapes / MSL project
MSL Live.
Explore the conditions, assumptions, and relationships behind a situation with the developing MindShapes logic approach. An experimental AI guide; please keep confidential information out of the conversation.
Begin the conversationA place to begin / Guided conversation
Where shall we begin?
Tell me what brings you here. We can start with a question, an idea, or something you’re exploring.
An experimental live AI conversation using MSL. Please avoid sharing confidential or personal information.
MSL / LIVE CONVERSATIONExperimental AI · Live
Our conversation / AI guide
Experimental AI output. This is not Lawrence speaking personally or professional advice.
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Clarity before acceleration.
The project asks how a better orientation to a situation can lead to more considered judgment and action. The purpose is to help make a question clearer and consider a useful next step.
Look at the relationships.
Consider the assumptions, constraints, responsibilities, and connections that may be shaping the outcome. A recurring problem may have more than one contributing condition.
Find a useful next step.
Explore a question to clarify, an assumption to check, or a small test to consider. The response is a starting point for your judgment, not a decision made on your behalf.
An evolving project
From a way of seeing
to a usable experience.
MSL grows from Lawrence Cox’s work in observation, systems thinking, and translating ideas into practical instruments. It considers how a person’s reference point and present conditions influence orientation, judgment, action, and what follows.
Choose the audience closest to your reason for visiting, pick a topic, and describe what you are facing. A specific situation gives the conversation a useful place to begin.
Explore MindShapesWhat to expect
A place to explore.
The AI guide is designed to help you examine a situation and explore questions worth asking. Replies may be incomplete or incorrect, and are not Lawrence speaking personally or providing professional advice. Use your own judgment about what fits your circumstances.
Messages and recent conversation context are sent for AI processing. Keep confidential and sensitive information out of the conversation.