Instructor on screen
Voice or video. The instructor stays with the slide you are on.
Critical thinking · 40 modules · 40 essays
The Examined Mind
From first words to first principles.
An on-screen instructor stays on the slide you are on, then waits. You say when you are ready — or click Next. Forty modules. Forty essays — one after every lesson. Finishing a module means you have an essay you made.
You are taught by an authorized recreation of Steve Outtrim, built from his own work — not a live human lecture, and not a video that plays ahead of you.
Inside the deck
One title slide from each of the eight arcs. Click to enlarge.
How it runs
You advance the lesson
Say you are ready, or click Next. Nothing auto-plays past you.
Forty essays
Write after every module. Compile it, keep it, be proud of it. Judged for argument, not polish.
Eight arcs
Faculty
- Steve Outtrim
Lead instructor — CEO & Co-Founder, Dynamic Experts
- Confucius
Guest lecture — naming, ritual, and judgment
- Charles Babbage
Guest lecture — calculation and mechanism
- Stafford Beer
Guest lecture — viability and control
- Sun Tzu
Guest lecture — deception versus truth-seeking
Forty essays
Every module compiles an essay that is yours. Finish the lesson. Be proud of the writing. Forty essays is completion.
A certificate may be claimed when 20 of 40 essays score at least 5.0 out of 10 — eligibility, not the goal. Keep going.
Signed Steve Outtrim, CEO & Co-Founder, Dynamic Experts.
Questions
I already enrolled — how do I enter?
Use Log in. Sign in with the same email at examinedmind.ai, dynamicvault.ai, or dynamicexperts.com. Your wallet on Dynamic Vault has a link that opens this classroom.
Where do I go after I pay?
You stay on this site while we add The Examined Mind to your account, then you enter the classroom. The same sign-in opens Dynamic Vault when you want your invisible wallet.
Is this a live class?
No. It is self-paced. An authorized recreation of the instructor presents each slide, waits for you, then takes the written assignment.
Do I need prior study?
No. The first modules assume nothing. The last modules are written so a beginner who did the work can argue at graduate level — including when you think with machines.
When can I claim the certificate?
You may claim it when 20 of 40 essays score at least 5.0 out of 10. That is eligibility, not the finish line — the course is forty modules and forty essays. A physical framed print is available once you are eligible.