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Explore independently
Let participants develop a view before seeing the group’s emerging consensus.
Thinking Runtime
Diverge before you converge
Independent thinking happens before cross-model influence so meaningful differences remain visible.
The canonical reasoning flow
A stateful runtime for collective thinking
Problem Framing
→
Independent Exploration
→
Divergence
→
Assumption Extraction
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Challenge
→
Evidence Research
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Revision
→
Convergence
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Decision
Why the sequence matters
Do not compress disagreement before you understand it.
Independent exploration comes early to reduce anchoring. Divergence makes different hypotheses visible. Assumption extraction exposes what each proposal depends on. Challenge and research test those assumptions. Revision records how positions change.
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Make tension legible
Surface disagreement, assumptions, and counterarguments instead of averaging them away.
3
Converge responsibly
Prepare a decision with uncertainty and minority views intact.
A runtime that can reopen questions
A human can pause, branch, repeat, or redirect the process at any stage. New evidence can reopen challenge or research rather than disappearing into a final answer.