A common reading program candidate for fall 2026 and 2027. Accessible to every major. Urgent for every student entering an AI-saturated academic and professional world.
"Essential reading for anyone wanting to engage meaningfully with AI in their life. His five-minute rule is golden advice."
Common reading committees evaluate books on accessibility, relevance, richness for programming, and author availability. This book meets every criterion.
The book opens with a firefighter's account of watching diagnostic thinking disappear from emergency training. That story requires no academic background and resonates across business, engineering, nursing, and the humanities equally.
Every university is developing AI policy right now. This book gives faculty, staff, and students a shared intellectual framework for those conversations before they begin. Gartner called the core argument "people amplification" in Fortune magazine this month.
Designed to be completed over a weekend and discussed productively in a single session. Incoming students will read it. That is not guaranteed with every common reading selection.
Fourteen chapters map naturally onto seminar discussions, residence hall programs, orientation sessions, and first-year writing assignments. A companion faculty guide and writing prompts are included at no cost.
Paul Alden is available for in-person keynotes at regional institutions and virtual presentations nationally, including Q&A sessions, faculty discussions, and first-year orientation programming.
Professor Grant Schofield of Auckland University of Technology arrived at the same argument through public health research. A Gartner study published this month arrived there through surveying 350 global executives. Three paths. One destination.
All resources below are available at no cost to institutions considering The Amplified Mind for their common reading program.
Chapter-by-chapter discussion questions designed for seminars, first-year experience courses, and residence hall programming. Questions are tiered for introductory and advanced discussion across all fourteen chapters.
Download Free PDFSix essay prompts aligned to the book's core arguments, suitable for first-year composition courses, honors seminars, and capstone writing assignments. Designed to generate genuine student thinking, not AI-assisted responses.
Download Free PDFA complimentary review copy of The Amplified Mind is available for common reading program committees and faculty considering adoption. Available in PDF for immediate review or paperback by request.
Request BelowA 60 to 90 minute presentation covering the book's central argument, the EMT diagnostic analogy, and the five-minute rule, with dedicated Q&A. Available in person for regional institutions and virtually nationally.
Inquire BelowA live virtual session with Paul Alden for incoming students, including moderated discussion and audience Q&A. Designed to complement orientation programming and first-year seminars at any institution nationally.
Inquire BelowDiscounted institutional access to the fifteen-module Amplified Mind companion course for students who want structured practice with the book's frameworks. Each module builds a specific cognitive discipline not covered in the book itself.
Inquire BelowPaul Alden responds personally to all educator inquiries. Review copies are sent within 48 hours of request. Campus visit scheduling is handled directly by Paul for both in-person and virtual engagements.
All educator inquiries receive a personal response within 24 to 48 hours. Review copies are delivered immediately in PDF format or within one week in paperback.