The Shifting Point

Guided paths

Routes through the library

A guided path is a question, and the order in which the Library answers it. Each step is there because the next one needs it.

  • Why do environments matter so much?

    Opportunity → contexts → habits → defaults → norms → power → institutions → infrastructure → lock-in.

    7 pieces · About 69 min in total · Read at your own pace

  • Why do I keep repeating the same behaviour?

    Learning → reinforcement → habits → context → automaticity → old learning → maintenance → feedback loops.

    6 pieces · About 66 min in total · Read at your own pace

  • Why do I understand something but still not act?

    Beliefs and attitudes → goals → executive function → planning → prospective memory → intention–action gap → opportunity.

    7 pieces · About 71 min in total · Read at your own pace

  • Why do people respond differently?

    Development → temperament → personality → genetics → person–environment transactions → differential susceptibility → heterogeneous outcomes.

    5 pieces · About 48 min in total · Read at your own pace

  • Why does change disappear?

    Consolidation → extinction → old learning → support removal → generalisation → redundancy → ordinary integration.

    4 pieces · About 40 min in total · Read at your own pace

  • Why does stress change who I seem to be?

    Embodiment → stress → interoception → fatigue → attention → cognitive load → regulation → state and trait.

    7 pieces · About 74 min in total · Read at your own pace

  • Why is identity difficult to change?

    Memory → beliefs → self → identity → self-concept → belonging → coherence → role and narrative transitions.

    6 pieces · About 58 min in total · Read at your own pace