Moehr Better Universals
January 14, 2023
It's easy to notice how we're all different. What about the ways we're all the same?
This is my attempt to gather many of those things into one framework. Things like thinking thoughts, or keeping placeholders, playing games, telling stories, or experiencing music. Things we all do and understand, whether we're aware of it or not.
It's my latest step of 25 years of curious exploration. It's not about what to think, but how we think. In the last couple of years, I finally figured out how it all tied together (for me). This is my magnum opus, the most important thing I've ever created. It's literally changed my life, and how I see myself and everyone I interact with. It's given me a new appreciation and awe for what it means to be a person — like each and every one of you.
The top-level framework is below. I plan to spend 2023 explaining what each one means, and how we all already know them (even if we don't know that we know). More importantly, I hope to show how anyone can start using them to think better, understand more, and enjoy every day in a richer way.
It's easy to notice how we're all different. What about the ways we're all the same?
This is my attempt to gather many of those things into one framework. Things like thinking thoughts, or keeping placeholders, playing games, telling stories, or experiencing music. Things we all do and understand, whether we're aware of it or not.
It's my latest step of 25 years of curious exploration. It's not about what to think, but how we think. In the last couple of years, I finally figured out how it all tied together (for me). This is my magnum opus, the most important thing I've ever created. It's literally changed my life, and how I see myself and everyone I interact with. It's given me a new appreciation and awe for what it means to be a person — like each and every one of you.
The top-level framework is below. I plan to spend 2023 explaining what each one means, and how we all already know them (even if we don't know that we know). More importantly, I hope to show how anyone can start using them to think better, understand more, and enjoy every day in a richer way.
The Moehr Better Universals framework --
8 models we all use to make sense of the world
Thinking, framing, recalling, creating, playing, telling, sensing, being.
Thoughts, Moments, Memories, Drafts, Games, Stories, Music, You.
Thoughts, Moments, Memories, Drafts, Games, Stories, Music, You.
Thinking Thoughts - how we build knowledge by organizing information
Framing Moments - how we interpret what we pay attention to
Recalling Memories - how we use our past to help our future
Creating Drafts - how we make things that never existed before
Playing Games - how we choose to interact with each other
Telling Stories - how we describe the way things act in the world
Sensing Music - how we arrange sounds to inspire responses
Being You - how we are all unique agents of potential
A map of the land of Helpless, ruled by the evil wizard Shrug
- Models
- Distinctions
- Systems
- Relationships
- Perspectives
Framing Moments - how we interpret what we pay attention to
- Attention
- Perception
- Flow
- Balance
- Lessons
Recalling Memories - how we use our past to help our future
- Fleeting
- Encode
- Retrieve
- Repeat
- Forget
Creating Drafts - how we make things that never existed before
- Notice & Ask
- Aim & Reframe
- Imagine & Improve
- Decide & Draft
- Test & Learn
Playing Games - how we choose to interact with each other
- Intent
- Constraint
- Voluntary
- Uncertain
- Skill
Telling Stories - how we describe the way things act in the world
- Character
- Context
- Tension
- Reveal
- Relate
Sensing Music - how we arrange sounds to inspire responses
- Rhythm
- Pitch
- Layer
- Mood
- Movement
Being You - how we are all unique agents of potential
- Unique
- Agent
- Potential
- Network
- Legacy
A map of the land of Helpless, ruled by the evil wizard Shrug