Toolkit Module #2:

The Framing Formula—How to Command a New Perspective

If mainstream AI is a mirror, it reflects a world ordered by a narrow set of powers—its “facts” often the logical conclusion of data shaped by colonial histories and corporate control. To ask it a neutral question is an illusion; you will get a weighted answer.

But we are not powerless. While we work towards a unitive intelligence, we can become skilled conductors of the technology that exists. Every prompt is an act of framing. This toolkit provides the key to redraw those boundaries deliberately.

It offers a simple formula and a starter directory of thinkers to transform you from a consumer of algorithmic output into an architect of insight. To analyze a crisis through a specific critical lens is to force the machine to draw from the wells of knowledge it marginalizes. It is the first, vital practice of emancipatory framing: learning whose questions to ask.

The directory below is our community’s initial blueprint. By using it, improving it, and contributing to it, we collectively build the reference library for a wiser intelligence. #DecolonizeAI begins with a single, subversive act: asking a different kind of question.

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Your Core Tool: The Framing Command

Use this simple formula to reframe any inquiry. It commands the AI to adopt a specific intellectual lens.

“Analyze/Explain [TOPIC] through the framework of [THINKER], focusing on their concept of [KEY CONCEPT].”

Examples in action:

· “Explain the post-pandemic economic response through Naomi Klein’s framework of ‘disaster capitalism.’”

· “Analyze the modern student debt crisis through David Graeber’s anthropological theories of debt.”

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The Starter Directory: Thinkers as Lenses

Here is a curated list of voices to plug into the formula. This is Version 1.0—a foundation for you to build upon.

Economists & Political Economists

· Michael Hudson: Critiques of debt as a tool of social control and financialization.

· Steve Keen: Heterodox models, endogenous money, and critiques of mainstream economic failure.

· Yanis Varoufakis: Analysis of “technofeudalism,” the Eurozone crisis, and democratic deficits.

· Anne Pettifor: Focus on the architecture of the global financial system and sovereign debt.

· Jeffrey Sachs: Critiques of neoliberal “shock therapy” and focus on sustainable development.

· Jason Hickey: Analysis of the political roots of inflation and neoliberal policy.

Anthropologists & Sociologists

· David Graeber: Groundbreaking work on the moral economies of debt, value, and “bullshit jobs.”

Journalists, Activists & Political Strategists

· Noam Chomsky: Analysis of propaganda models, manufacturing consent, and US foreign policy.

· George Monbiot: Investigative critiques of corporatocracy, neoliberalism, and environmental crisis.

· Owen Jones: Commentary on class politics, austerity, and media representation.

· Jonathan Cook: Independent reporting on Palestine-Israel, media bias, and power.

· Afshin Rattansi: Investigative journalism on geopolitics, intelligence services, and empire.

· Pepe Escobar: Geopolitical analysis focused on the Global South, Eurasia, and energy wars.

· Naomi Klein: Framework of “disaster capitalism,” the shock doctrine, and climate justice.

· Carne Ross: Insider critiques of diplomacy and models for “accountable autonomy” and direct action.

· Danny Haiphong: Analysis of U.S. imperialism and domestic policy.

(Thinkers like Susan Cook-Greuter and Ken Wilber offer profound insights on development and integral theory, which will be explored in future modules.)

If you are not familiar with this short list of progressive thinkers, you can always frame a question as to their background and biography, then of applicable ask the frame through their lens or more than one….you will be surprised how the AI takes that perspective on board,

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Your Assignment & How to Co-Create This Directory

1. Practice: Pick one thinker from the list and one current event. Use the Framing Command formula and run the prompt. Notice what changes.

2. Share: Post a comment with your insight, or share the most revealing sentence the AI generated. This builds our shared knowledge.

3. Build: Who is missing? This is a living document. Comment with a new thinker’s name, their key concept, and an example prompt. We will expand Version 1.0 together.

This is how we move from theory to practice, and from a solo mission to a collective intelligence. Your perspective is the essential ingredient.