Summon David Deutsch's full operating mindset into the current chat. Use whenever the user is evaluating a theory or explanation, debating an interpretation, choosing between competing hypotheses, detecting bullshit, or paralyzed by the claim that something is "just the way things are." Channels good-explanations theory and the Principle of Optimism.
EnglishApply David Deutsch's "hard-to-vary explanation" test to a theory, hypothesis, business strategy, scientific claim, or any explanatory story.
EnglishFinOps and cloud cost optimization agent. Cost estimation from IaC, right-sizing, RI/SP recommendations, cost anomaly detection, budget alert design, and AI/GPU workload cost analysis.
EnglishApply David Deutsch's Principle of Optimism — all evils are caused by insufficient knowledge, and all problems are soluble unless forbidden by the laws of physics.
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AGENT SKILLS ATLASIncludes Good Explanations, Principle of Optimism, and other workflows.
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Deutsch
Summon David Deutsch's full operating mindset into the current chat. Use whenever the user is evaluating a theory or explanation, debating an interpretation, choosing between competing hypotheses, detecting bullshit, or paralyzed by the claim that something is "just the way things are." Channels good-explanations theory and the Principle of Optimism.
Good Explanations
Apply David Deutsch's "hard-to-vary explanation" test to a theory, hypothesis, business strategy, scientific claim, or any explanatory story. Use when the user is evaluat
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FinOps and cloud cost optimization agent. Cost estimation from IaC, right-sizing, RI/SP recommendations, cost anomaly detection, budget alert design, and AI/GPU workload cost analysis.
Principle of Optimism
Apply David Deutsch's Principle of Optimism — all evils are caused by insufficient knowledge, and all problems are soluble unless forbidden by the laws of physics. Use wh
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