By Walter Shepherd. Three AIs. One book. A new way to think — becoming a LiveBook: an AI-guided learning environment that turns readers into better climate auditors.
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Climate debate is often framed as a fight between consensus and skepticism. This book offers a different path: diagnosis before belief.
Using the Three Thinking Hats — IPCC, Skeptical, and Physics-First — it teaches readers how to test climate claims with structured, AI-assisted reasoning. It is a practical guide for anyone who wants to think more clearly, ask better questions, and evaluate climate science with rigor and intellectual honesty.
You don't just read the book — you learn how to think with it. Each hat is a discipline for testing the same claim from a different angle, blind spots included.
Look through the lens of mainstream science and model-based evidence.
Blind spot: may sideline uncertainty or dissent
Look through the lens of falsifiability, evidence quality, and historical precedent.
Blind spot: may over-focus on flaws and miss systemic risk
Look through the lens of thermodynamics, energy flows, and physical law.
Blind spot: may seem reductionist; must remain grounded in data
"The highest praise for a LiveBook is that eventually you no longer need it."On the goal of a LiveBook
It helps you explore, question, challenge, and understand complex topics for yourself. The goal isn't more AI — the goal is you becoming a better auditor.
Get unstuck and go deeper.
See the claim from all three hats.
Apply reasoning tools and logic lenses.
Know what's solid, what's shaky, and what's unknown.
Build open-minded, falsifiable thinking.
Learn the skills, test the claims, own your conclusions.
Climate claims shape policy, economies, and our future. Good reasoning is not optional — it's essential.
Every output is governed. Every claim is classified. Every session is auditable. No ungoverned synthesis.
Skeptics. Supporters. The curious. Anyone who wants clearer thinking.
Learn the skills. Test the claims. Challenge assumptions. Own your conclusions.
An introduction to the GovAIaaS Substack series. Together, the two books frame the project: one explains why climate claims need auditing; the other shows how to do it with governed reasoning.
