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Training to solve intractable problems

The most important challenges have the worst feedback loops. Let's deal with that.

The world has many "wicked problems," which are difficult, confusing, and where it's not clear what a solution would even look like.

Many of those problems are high stakes, and time sensitive.

We need to develop a science and art of solving wicked problems. The bottleneck is that feedback loops are slow and noisy. Researchers and entrepreneurs tackling ambiguous problems work on long timescales, making up processes as they go, getting lucky in subtle ways. It's hard to tell which skills were most helpful for dealing with a given situation.

The Feedbackloop Rationality project aims to discover, distill and train skills that help with generalized "confusing-problem solving". Along the way, we develop feedback-loops that bridge the gap between what we can easily measure, and what ultimately matters, when facing confusing problems.

We teach our current state-of-the-art, while being clear about the state of the evidence.

We currently focus on "metastrategy" - the art of efficiently generating and evaluating plans, choosing directions that seem most promising, and noting what evidence would change your mind.

Metastrategy Intensive

A 2.5 day workshop for researchers and professionals, teaching ambitious planmaking. Learn a cluster of skills, each individually useful but designed to fit together into a cohesive framework for solving arbitrary intractable problems. You'll practice on both rapid-feedback exercises and your real, longterm goals.

Deliberate Practice Dojo

Access to a monthly practice academy, where we'll help you develop your skills, identify your bottlenecks, and give you feedback on your progress. Sessions are 5 hours long.

1-1 Coaching

A two-hour session with personalized curriculum, focused on your particular skill bottlenecks.

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Metastrategy Intensive

Schedule:

  • Friday: 4pm - 9pm
  • Saturday: 11am - 9pm
  • Sunday: 11am - 9pm

Individual Package: $2500
Comes with 2 sessions of Deliberate Practice Dojo (5 hour group followup workshops, to solidify your skills)

Corporate Package: $5000
Comes with 6 sessions of the Deliberate Practice Dojo and 2 one-on-one coaching sessions.

Costs cover meals, instructor time, and R&D for further development of the Feedbackloop Rationality project. We'll follow up with you to schedule workshops in Quarter 1 of 2025 based on your availability.

If your employer is paying or your professional development budget covers this workshop, please pay the corporate rate.

We offer financial aid for some individuals and orgs, based on a combination of need and merit. Contact us for more information.

Workshops are held in Berkeley, CA.