The path joins responsible AI use, technical writing, business analysis, ethics, social inquiry, and commons stewardship in one evidence-rich body of work.
Goal · Help build and explain the Human Agency Economy through responsible inquiry and open knowledge Time available · 3–4 hours each week. Change
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Begin here · 45 minutes
Use AI as a fallible research collaborator
You already explain complex material clearly. This adds a disciplined way to use AI without outsourcing judgment.
◷ 45 min□ Guided inquiry + source audit
How you can demonstrate it Submit a research log that identifies unsupported claims, missing perspectives, and what changed after verification
Technical writing becomes consequential when a reader must understand a choice, its evidence, and its limits.
◷ 1–1.5 hr□ Writing studio + peer review
How you can demonstrate it A two-page brief, reader profile, revision history, and accessible summary
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Connect · 90 minutes
Map a problem as a social and technical system
Business analysis is stronger when stakeholder needs, institutions, incentives, and power are considered together.
◷ 1.5 hr□ Case analysis
How you can demonstrate it A problem frame, stakeholder map, assumptions register, and measures of public value
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Practice · 2 hours
Design rules for a knowledge commons
The Human Agency Economy depends on knowledge people can access, improve, govern, and trust together.
◷ 2 hr□ Governance workshop♙ Human assessor
How you can demonstrate it A stewardship proposal covering access, contribution, licensing, maintenance, conflict, and accountability
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Capstone · 4–6 hours
Create a Human Agency Economy learning module
This integrates inquiry, writing, analysis, ethics, and commons stewardship into content others can actually use.
◷ 4–6 hr□ Open-content project♙ Human assessor
How you can demonstrate it A publishable module, evidence map, facilitation guide, accessibility check, and reflective defense
Breadth without labels
“Polymath” is an invitation, not an entrance requirement.
The path develops observable habits—curiosity, source judgment, synthesis, revision, transfer, and contribution—without assigning a fixed identity or asking everyone to know the same things.