P2 · CHAPTER 10 · EVIDENCE AUDIT

Evidence audit for “The Half-Life of Skills

Audit “The Half-Life of Skills” by separating its opening thesis from the evidence needed to support it. The goal is not agreement; it is a traceable judgment that can change.

WORKBOOK SEQUENCE

  1. 01

    Rewrite this thesis as a claim that could be wrong: Some skills are expiring faster than ever. Others are appreciating just as fast. Knowing which is everything.

  2. 02

    For each section signal—The Shelf Life of Competence; What Models Are Absorbing; Depreciation Is Not Disappearance; The Skills That Appreciate; Taste Is a Form of Compression; Judgment Under Uncertainty; Problem Framing Is Leverage; Orchestration Is the New Managerial Skill; Rebalancing the Skill Portfolio; Learning at the New Clock Speed; The New Apprenticeship; The Human Premium; A Practical Curriculum for Being Early; The Durable Edge—name the strongest primary source and the strongest counterexample you would seek.

  3. 03

    Record source date, scope, incentives and whether the evidence describes a demo, repeated deployment or measured outcome.

  4. 04

    Write an update rule: what new observation would materially weaken or strengthen the thesis?

EXPECTED OUTPUT

Leave with a decision artifact.

A one-page evidence ledger with claim, supporting source, counterevidence, confidence and next review date.

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