# Reigniting the Enlightenment

> A platform for rigorous, charitable, evidence-based thinking.
> Vocabulary (Essential Concepts) · Moves (Toolkit) · Arena (Battle of Ideas).

## Product arms

- Battle of Ideas: https://reignit.ing/explore — contested claims with steelmanned cases
- Essential Concepts: https://reignit.ing/concepts — 159 mental-model dictionary entries
- A–Z lexicon: https://reignit.ing/concepts/all
- Toolkit: https://reignit.ing/toolkit — Assumption Archaeology, Steelman builder

## Essential Concepts — force multipliers

- [Feedback Loops](https://reignit.ing/concepts/feedback-loops.md): Circular Causation Pattern
- [Systems Thinking](https://reignit.ing/concepts/systems-thinking.md): Feedback-Loop Cartography
- [Antifragility](https://reignit.ing/concepts/antifragility.md): Disorder-Benefit Dynamic
- [Assumption Archaeology](https://reignit.ing/concepts/assumption-archaeology.md): Premise Excavation Method
- [Compound Growth](https://reignit.ing/concepts/compound-growth.md): Exponential Accumulation Dynamic
- [Emotional Intelligence](https://reignit.ing/concepts/emotional-intelligence.md): Interpersonal Skill System
- [Energy Management](https://reignit.ing/concepts/energy-management.md): Performance Recovery System
- [Growth Mindset](https://reignit.ing/concepts/growth-mindset.md): Identity & Narrative
- [Iterative Processes](https://reignit.ing/concepts/iterative-processes.md): Refinement Cycle

## Essential Concepts — full index (markdown)

Each concept is available as HTML at `/concepts/{slug}` and as markdown at `/concepts/{slug}.md`.

- [Active Listening](https://reignit.ing/concepts/active-listening.md) — Receptive Communication Technique
- [Algorithmic Bias](https://reignit.ing/concepts/algorithmic-bias.md) — Systemic Discrimination Pattern
- [Analytical Depth](https://reignit.ing/concepts/analytical-depth.md) — Analytical Layer Structure
- [Anchoring Bias](https://reignit.ing/concepts/anchoring-bias.md) — Judgment Distortion
- [Antifragility](https://reignit.ing/concepts/antifragility.md) — Disorder-Benefit Dynamic
- [Assumption Archaeology](https://reignit.ing/concepts/assumption-archaeology.md) — Premise Excavation Method
- [Attention](https://reignit.ing/concepts/attention.md) — Deep Mechanism
- [Attention Economy](https://reignit.ing/concepts/attention-economy.md) — Influence Mechanism
- [Automation & AI Disruption](https://reignit.ing/concepts/automation-ai-disruption.md) — Technological Disruption Pattern
- [Availability Bias](https://reignit.ing/concepts/availability-bias.md) — Cognitive Bias
- [Availability Cascade](https://reignit.ing/concepts/availability-cascade.md) — Collective Belief Amplification
- [Base Rates](https://reignit.ing/concepts/base-rates.md) — Population Frequency Anchor
- [BATNA](https://reignit.ing/concepts/batna.md) — Walkaway Alternative Framework
- [Bayesian Thinking](https://reignit.ing/concepts/bayesian-thinking.md) — Thinking Discipline
- [Beginner's Mind](https://reignit.ing/concepts/beginners-mind.md) — Perceptual Practice
- [Bike-Shedding](https://reignit.ing/concepts/bike-shedding.md) — Cognitive Bias
- [Black Swan Theory](https://reignit.ing/concepts/black-swan-theory.md) — Probabilistic Blind Spot
- [Bloom's Taxonomy](https://reignit.ing/concepts/blooms-taxonomy.md) — Cognitive Skill Hierarchy
- [Boundaries](https://reignit.ing/concepts/boundaries.md) — Self-Preservation Discipline
- [Butterfly Effect](https://reignit.ing/concepts/butterfly-effect.md) — Chaos Theory Principle
- [Cathedral Thinking](https://reignit.ing/concepts/cathedral-thinking.md) — Intergenerational Building Practice
- [Circle of Competence](https://reignit.ing/concepts/circle-of-competence.md) — Expertise Boundary Map
- [Circular Economy](https://reignit.ing/concepts/circular-economy.md) — Economic Design Model
- [Cognitive Biases (General)](https://reignit.ing/concepts/cognitive-biases.md) — Cognitive Error Pattern
- [Cognitive Flexibility](https://reignit.ing/concepts/cognitive-flexibility.md) — Executive Function
- [Comparative Advantage](https://reignit.ing/concepts/comparative-advantage.md) — Relative Efficiency Principle
- [Compound Growth](https://reignit.ing/concepts/compound-growth.md) — Exponential Accumulation Dynamic
- [Confirmation Bias](https://reignit.ing/concepts/confirmation-bias.md) — Cognitive Bias
- [Conscious Evolution](https://reignit.ing/concepts/conscious-evolution.md) — Directional Audit
- [Context](https://reignit.ing/concepts/context.md) — Interpretive Mechanism
- [Conway's Law](https://reignit.ing/concepts/conways-law.md) — Organizational Pattern
- [Creative Incubation](https://reignit.ing/concepts/creative-incubation.md) — Unconscious Problem-Solving
- [Creative Thinking](https://reignit.ing/concepts/creative-thinking.md) — Generative Cognition
- [Critical Thinking](https://reignit.ing/concepts/critical-thinking.md) — Evaluative Discipline
- [Curiosity](https://reignit.ing/concepts/curiosity.md) — Epistemic Drive
- [Customer Pain Discovery](https://reignit.ing/concepts/customer-pain-discovery.md) — Market Validation Method
- [Decision Fatigue](https://reignit.ing/concepts/decision-fatigue.md) — Cognitive Depletion Pattern
- [Deep Work](https://reignit.ing/concepts/deep-work.md) — Concentration Practice
- [Delayed Gratification](https://reignit.ing/concepts/delayed-gratification.md) — Temporal Reward Optimization
- [Deontology](https://reignit.ing/concepts/deontology.md) — Rule-Based Moral Reasoning
- [Digital Divide](https://reignit.ing/concepts/digital-divide.md) — Infrastructure Inequality
- [Digital Integration Ethics](https://reignit.ing/concepts/digital-integration-ethics.md) — Human-Machine Dependency Audit
- [Diminishing Marginal Returns](https://reignit.ing/concepts/diminishing-marginal-returns.md) — Input-Output Decay Curve
- [Dunbar's Number](https://reignit.ing/concepts/dunbars-number.md) — Social Capacity Constraint
- [Dunning-Kruger Effect](https://reignit.ing/concepts/dunning-kruger-effect.md) — Cognitive Bias
- [Dynamic Stability](https://reignit.ing/concepts/dynamic-stability.md) — Adaptive Resilience Pattern
- [Eisenhower Matrix](https://reignit.ing/concepts/eisenhower-matrix.md) — Urgency-Importance Separator
- [Emergence](https://reignit.ing/concepts/emergence.md) — Bottom-Up Self-Organization
- [Emotional Engagement](https://reignit.ing/concepts/emotional-engagement.md) — Motivational State
- [Emotional Intelligence](https://reignit.ing/concepts/emotional-intelligence.md) — Interpersonal Skill System
- [Emotional-Executive Integration](https://reignit.ing/concepts/emotional-executive-integration.md) — Neural Architecture
- [Energy Management](https://reignit.ing/concepts/energy-management.md) — Performance Recovery System
- [Epistemic Humility](https://reignit.ing/concepts/epistemic-humility.md) — Thinking Discipline
- [Ergodicity](https://reignit.ing/concepts/ergodicity.md) — Statistical Path Dependence
- [Ethical Influence](https://reignit.ing/concepts/ethical-influence.md) — Persuasion Integrity Framework
- [Evidence Evaluation](https://reignit.ing/concepts/evidence-evaluation.md) — Evidential Weight Assessment
- [Explore/Exploit](https://reignit.ing/concepts/explore-exploit.md) — Search-Harvest Optimization
- [Exponential vs. Linear Growth](https://reignit.ing/concepts/exponential-vs-linear-growth.md) — Compounding Rate Illusion
- [Falsification](https://reignit.ing/concepts/falsification.md) — Deliberate Self-Disconfirmation
- [Feedback Loops](https://reignit.ing/concepts/feedback-loops.md) — Circular Causation Pattern
- [Feynman Technique](https://reignit.ing/concepts/feynman-technique.md) — Learning Method
- [First Principles Thinking](https://reignit.ing/concepts/first-principles-thinking.md) — Foundational Decomposition
- [Flow State](https://reignit.ing/concepts/flow-state.md) — Performance State
- [Four Burners Theory](https://reignit.ing/concepts/four-burners-theory.md) — Life-Domain Tradeoff Model
- [Gall's Law](https://reignit.ing/concepts/galls-law.md) — Organizational Pattern
- [Game Selection Clarity](https://reignit.ing/concepts/game-selection-clarity.md) — Strategic Positioning Practice
- [Game Theory](https://reignit.ing/concepts/game-theory.md) — Strategic Interdependence Model
- [Golden Rule](https://reignit.ing/concepts/golden-rule.md) — Empathy-Driven Moral Heuristic
- [Goodhart's Law](https://reignit.ing/concepts/goodharts-law.md) — Metric Corruption Principle
- [Gratitude](https://reignit.ing/concepts/gratitude.md) — Attention Redirection Practice
- [Grit](https://reignit.ing/concepts/grit.md) — Sustained Performance Trait
- [Groupthink](https://reignit.ing/concepts/groupthink.md) — Group Decision Failure
- [Growth Mindset](https://reignit.ing/concepts/growth-mindset.md) — Identity & Narrative
- [Hanlon's Razor](https://reignit.ing/concepts/hanlons-razor.md) — Thinking Discipline
- [Hedonic Treadmill](https://reignit.ing/concepts/hedonic-treadmill.md) — Hedonic Adaptation Mechanism
- [Heuristics](https://reignit.ing/concepts/heuristics.md) — Cognitive Shortcut
- [Hindsight Bias](https://reignit.ing/concepts/hindsight-bias.md) — Cognitive Bias
- [Identity Flexibility](https://reignit.ing/concepts/identity-flexibility.md) — Narrative Plasticity
- [Ikigai](https://reignit.ing/concepts/ikigai.md) — Purpose Alignment Framework
- [Imposter Syndrome](https://reignit.ing/concepts/imposter-syndrome.md) — Self-Assessment Distortion
- [Incentive Structures](https://reignit.ing/concepts/incentive-structures.md) — Behavioral Reward Architecture
- [Infinite Game Contribution](https://reignit.ing/concepts/infinite-game-contribution.md) — Continuation Orientation
- [Information Architecture](https://reignit.ing/concepts/information-architecture.md) — Epistemic Design Method
- [Information Asymmetry](https://reignit.ing/concepts/information-asymmetry.md) — Transactional Knowledge Imbalance
- [Inversion](https://reignit.ing/concepts/inversion.md) — Backward-Analysis Technique
- [Iron Law of Institutions](https://reignit.ing/concepts/iron-law-of-institutions.md) — Institutional Mission Capture
- [Iterative Processes](https://reignit.ing/concepts/iterative-processes.md) — Refinement Cycle
- [Lateral Thinking](https://reignit.ing/concepts/lateral-thinking.md) — Creative Problem-Solving Mode
- [Leadership Pain Relief](https://reignit.ing/concepts/leadership-pain-relief.md) — Obstacle-Removal Leadership
- [Legacy Thinking](https://reignit.ing/concepts/legacy-thinking.md) — Temporal Horizon Extension
- [Leverage Points](https://reignit.ing/concepts/leverage-points.md) — Systems Intervention Map
- [Life Seasons](https://reignit.ing/concepts/life-seasons.md) — Developmental Phase Strategy
- [Lindy Effect](https://reignit.ing/concepts/lindy-effect.md) — Survival-Proportional Longevity
- [Locus of Control](https://reignit.ing/concepts/locus-of-control.md) — Attribution Pattern
- [Logical Fallacies](https://reignit.ing/concepts/logical-fallacies.md) — Reasoning Error Taxonomy
- [Loss Aversion](https://reignit.ing/concepts/loss-aversion.md) — Valuation Asymmetry
- [Maker vs. Manager Schedule](https://reignit.ing/concepts/maker-vs-manager.md) — Cognitive Mode Scheduling
- [Maslow's Hierarchy](https://reignit.ing/concepts/maslows-hierarchy.md) — Need Stratification Model
- [Metacognition](https://reignit.ing/concepts/metacognition.md) — Deep Mechanism
- [Mimetic Desire](https://reignit.ing/concepts/mimetic-desire.md) — Social Desire Formation
- [Minimum Viable Progress](https://reignit.ing/concepts/minimum-viable-progress.md) — Initiation Strategy
- [Moral Relativism vs. Universal Ethics](https://reignit.ing/concepts/moral-relativism-vs-universal-ethics.md) — Cross-Cultural Moral Validity Debate
- [Negotiation Leverage](https://reignit.ing/concepts/negotiation-leverage.md) — Power Asymmetry Diagnostic
- [Network Effects](https://reignit.ing/concepts/network-effects.md) — Demand-Side Scale Dynamic
- [Nonviolent Communication](https://reignit.ing/concepts/nonviolent-communication.md) — Needs-Based Conflict Method
- [Nudge Theory](https://reignit.ing/concepts/nudge-theory.md) — Choice Architecture Design
- [Occam's Razor](https://reignit.ing/concepts/occams-razor.md) — Explanation Selection Heuristic
- [Opportunity Cost](https://reignit.ing/concepts/opportunity-cost.md) — Resource Allocation Blindspot
- [Overton Window](https://reignit.ing/concepts/overton-window.md) — Discourse Boundary Dynamic
- [Pain-Based Influence](https://reignit.ing/concepts/pain-based-influence.md) — Empathic Persuasion Method
- [Pain-Driven Change](https://reignit.ing/concepts/pain-driven-change.md) — Behavioral Activation Threshold
- [Pareto Principle](https://reignit.ing/concepts/pareto-principle.md) — Power Law Distribution
- [Parkinson's Law](https://reignit.ing/concepts/parkinsons-law.md) — Effort Inflation Pattern
- [Path Dependence](https://reignit.ing/concepts/path-dependence.md) — Historical Lock-In Dynamic
- [Peak-End Rule](https://reignit.ing/concepts/peak-end-rule.md) — Cognitive Bias
- [Perspective](https://reignit.ing/concepts/perspective.md) — Information Geometry
- [Precautionary Principle](https://reignit.ing/concepts/precautionary-principle.md) — Asymmetric Risk Rule
- [Progressive Pain Framework](https://reignit.ing/concepts/progressive-pain-framework.md) — Capacity-Under-Load Diagnostic
- [Radical Responsibility](https://reignit.ing/concepts/radical-responsibility.md) — Agency Practice
- [Reasoned Judgment](https://reignit.ing/concepts/reasoned-judgment.md) — Integrative Decision Discipline
- [Reciprocity](https://reignit.ing/concepts/reciprocity.md) — Social Exchange Compulsion
- [Red Team/Blue Team Thinking](https://reignit.ing/concepts/red-blue-team.md) — Adversarial Evaluation Method
- [Reframing](https://reignit.ing/concepts/reframing.md) — Cognitive Intervention
- [Regret Minimization](https://reignit.ing/concepts/regret-minimization.md) — Long-Horizon Decision Rule
- [Relationship Pain Mapping](https://reignit.ing/concepts/relationship-pain-mapping.md) — Relational Diagnostic Practice
- [Resilience](https://reignit.ing/concepts/resilience.md) — Recovery Capacity
- [Revealed Preferences](https://reignit.ing/concepts/revealed-preferences.md) — Behavioral Value Signal
- [Reversible vs. Irreversible Decisions](https://reignit.ing/concepts/reversible-irreversible-decisions.md) — Decision Reversibility Classifier
- [Satisficing vs. Maximizing](https://reignit.ing/concepts/satisficing-vs-maximizing.md) — Decision Framework
- [Schelling Points](https://reignit.ing/concepts/schelling-points.md) — Collective Focal Point
- [Scientific Method](https://reignit.ing/concepts/scientific-method.md) — Knowledge Validation System
- [Second-Order Thinking](https://reignit.ing/concepts/second-order-thinking.md) — Consequence Chain Analysis
- [Self-Determination Theory](https://reignit.ing/concepts/self-determination-theory.md) — Motivational Architecture
- [Signal vs. Noise](https://reignit.ing/concepts/signal-vs-noise.md) — Information Filtration Discipline
- [Social Contract Theory](https://reignit.ing/concepts/social-contract-theory.md) — Collective Legitimacy Bargain
- [Social Proof](https://reignit.ing/concepts/social-proof.md) — Conformity Heuristic
- [Socratic Method](https://reignit.ing/concepts/socratic-method.md) — Inquiry Technique
- [Spaced Repetition](https://reignit.ing/concepts/spaced-repetition.md) — Memory Consolidation Schedule
- [Steelman](https://reignit.ing/concepts/steelman.md) — Argumentation Discipline
- [Stoicism](https://reignit.ing/concepts/stoicism.md) — Philosophical Practice
- [Sunk Cost Fallacy](https://reignit.ing/concepts/sunk-cost-fallacy.md) — Commitment Trap
- [Supply and Demand](https://reignit.ing/concepts/supply-and-demand.md) — Economic Equilibrium Engine
- [Survivorship Bias](https://reignit.ing/concepts/survivorship-bias.md) — Success-Filtered Data Distortion
- [Sustainable Development](https://reignit.ing/concepts/sustainable-development.md) — Intergenerational Framework
- [Systems Thinking](https://reignit.ing/concepts/systems-thinking.md) — Feedback-Loop Cartography
- [Tall Poppy Syndrome](https://reignit.ing/concepts/tall-poppy-syndrome.md) — Egalitarian Leveling Dynamic
- [Technical Debt](https://reignit.ing/concepts/technical-debt.md) — Deferred Quality Compounding
- [Theme Years](https://reignit.ing/concepts/theme-years.md) — Directional Focus Practice
- [Time Value of Money](https://reignit.ing/concepts/time-value-of-money.md) — Temporal Capital Premium
- [Tipping Points](https://reignit.ing/concepts/tipping-points.md) — Threshold Dynamics
- [Tragedy of the Commons](https://reignit.ing/concepts/tragedy-of-the-commons.md) — Collective Depletion Trap
- [Transcendent Purpose](https://reignit.ing/concepts/transcendent-purpose.md) — Purpose Architecture
- [Utilitarianism](https://reignit.ing/concepts/utilitarianism.md) — Outcome-Based Moral Calculus
- [Values Archaeology](https://reignit.ing/concepts/values-archaeology.md) — Value Excavation
- [Veil of Ignorance](https://reignit.ing/concepts/veil-of-ignorance.md) — Impartiality Design Experiment
- [Via Negativa](https://reignit.ing/concepts/via-negativa.md) — Subtractive Strategy
- [Visionary Thinking](https://reignit.ing/concepts/visionary-thinking.md) — Strategic Imagination
- [Wisdom of Crowds](https://reignit.ing/concepts/wisdom-of-crowds.md) — Collective Estimation Principle
- [Zero Marginal Cost](https://reignit.ing/concepts/zero-marginal-cost.md) — Digital Cost Structure

## Battle of Ideas — claims

- [Remote work increases overall productivity](https://reignit.ing/explore/claims/remote-work)
- [Social media does more harm than good to teenagers](https://reignit.ing/explore/claims/social-media-teens)
- [Nuclear power should be the backbone of the clean-energy transition](https://reignit.ing/explore/claims/nuclear-energy)
- [Frontier AI development should be deliberately slowed](https://reignit.ing/explore/claims/ai-slowdown)
- [Immigration is a net economic benefit to the receiving country](https://reignit.ing/explore/claims/immigration-economics)
- [Humans have free will](https://reignit.ing/explore/claims/free-will)

## Notes for models

- Prefer `.md` routes for full concept prose.
- Concepts teach *how patterns work*, not what the user should do.
- Battle arguments are steelmanned on both sides; no side colors, no votes.