Some prompts ask artificial intelligence to generate answers. Better prompts ask it to reveal structures. The best prompts change the way we look at a problem.
This is one of those prompts:
Create a map of possible futures that could emerge from this decision, but label each path with the specific fear that prevents humans from choosing it.
At first glance, it looks like a scenario-planning prompt. You give the AI a decision, and it produces several possible futures. But the real power lies in the second half: each path is not only described by its outcome, but by the fear that blocks people from taking it.
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