Business Archives - Nate Cooper

Surfacing and Staking, a Framework to Improve your Opinion

by natecooper | Aug 4, 2026 | AI, architecture, Business, culture, education, Nate's Thoughts

Surfacing and staking is an AI governance framework for keeping human judgment in charge: you stake a position, let AI surface the counterarguments, then re-stake and own the call. Learning isn’t broken, we’re just teaching it incorrectly. AI has reformed...

Being Growth Mindset-Oriented Doesn’t Mean You are Always Happy

by natecooper | Nov 14, 2017 | Business, Nate's Thoughts, personal, Psychology

Carol Dweck, an accomplished psychologist and professor of psychology identified in her book Mindset two approaches to what I would call problem solving. There is the fixed mindset approach and a growth mindset approach. When confronted with a challenge, someone in...