In this post, I connect some of the concepts from psychology, systems engineering and systems management (as normative sciences), and the theories of agentic intelligence (aka normative theories of agency). These connections can serve as a basis for the ontology of the normative discipline of personal development, i. e., “engineering of the self”. In the context of this post,

Thinking happens neither in a human brain, nor in a group of people’s brain, but in a brain and an exocortex. What do we mean when we say that thinking is a completely internal act? Thinking purely “inside your head” is unproductive and leads to slips of attention, mistakes, and inarticulate thoughts. For better performance

List of relation types: Hierarchies superclass-subclass (is a superclass) instance class (is an instance of a class) part-whole (is a part of) Representation (refers to) Language and meta-language (allows you to interpret the language) Agent and role (plays a role) “Believe in” and “assume that” “I wish” and “must have” When you declare any object,