The How Institute is putting together a series of courses to improve the general competence of college-age young people. We believe that these will prepare them for the workforce better than many of the programs currently available in higher education. These will also help them become more able to reflect on the world they live and act purposefully to seek their public and personal goals.
THE PROBLEM-SOLVING SOCIETY
What are the elements of public problem-solving, and how can citizens become solvers adept at these elements? This course has been taught as an elective since 2022 at the Kautilya School of Public Policy in Hyderabad.
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THINKING ABOUT THINKING
We see, hear and read a lot of things. But how do we think about them, and how do we come to conclusions based on them? A course about logic, deduction, inference ... and thinking in general.​
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SCIENCE FOR NON-SCIENTISTS
A lot has changed in the last 150 years, and more is coming. Only a small percentage of people understand these, but our world is shaped so much by it that many more of us should pay attention.
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POPULAR TECH FOR PUBLIC GOOD
​The rapid pace of change in information technologies has been accompanied by a huge digital divide. But user-friendly design, intuitive tools and platforms can make that gap much smaller, and that can be taught widely.​
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THE MARGINS OF SOCIETY
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THE STATE OF OUR MONEY
OBSERVING AND ENGAGING AS CITIZENS
The state, market and society all produce a constant buzz of information around us. How do we take in all this, what sense do we make of it, and can we produce some of the buzz ourselves instead of merely consuming it?
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ACCELERATING SUSTAINABILITY
The climate crisis demands urgent action but in three decades we have progressed only slowly towards sustainability. It makes sense, therefore, to ask - what will produce acceleration?
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INCLUSIVE BY DESIGN
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GOOD, BAD AND ME
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THE ASCENT OF MAN