Cognitive Scaffold

Preparing your thinking workspace

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MENTAL MODEL · M0190

BANI

BANI
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Version 1.0.0 · Updated 2026-07-30

CORE DEFINITION

Proposed by Jamais Cascio, considered an upgrade of VUCA, better suited for the post-pandemic era: Brittle, Anxious, Non-linear, Incomprehensible.

SCAFFOLDING EFFECT

psychology

Reduce cognitive load

- Emotional validation: explains why modern people generally feel anxious (because the system is non-linear and incomprehensible). - Survival rules: brittleness requires resilience, anxiety requires empathy, non-linearity requires context adaptation, incomprehensibility requires intuition.

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Anchor fast decisions

Same as BANI - an upgrade of VUCA, describing the four characteristics of the post-pandemic era (Brittle/Anxious/Non-linear/Incomprehensible).

MINIMUM ACTION

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