A science-informed framework for understanding who we are, what we can do, and where we’re going.
In a world of rapid change and complexity, we need better frameworks to understand ourselves and the systems around us. HumanCore is a comprehensive, science-informed model designed to map human capacity—biological, psychological, social, and technological—and guide meaningful personal and collective development.
Before we look forward, we must understand how we got here. HumanCore starts with four perspectives on human history:
Our evolutionary origins and the physical structures that support human life and cognition.
The development of memory, imagination, and symbolic thought that set us apart.
How collaboration, communication, and cultural evolution shaped human societies.
Our use of tools to extend ourselves—and the feedback loops between invention and civilization.
Human potential is organized into six core capacities, grouped into three domains of life and split between awareness and action:
Self-Awareness – Perceiving your inner experience (thoughts, emotions, sensations).
Action – Making decisions, forming habits, and navigating daily life.
Social Awareness – Understanding others’ emotions, thoughts, and perspectives.
Interaction – Communicating and collaborating to achieve shared goals.
World Awareness – Understanding systems, patterns, and environments.
Tools – Creating and using technologies to extend human abilities.
HumanCore helps us ask better questions about the future. What are we aiming for? What should we cultivate? What do we want our tools, systems, and societies to enable?
The model provides a language for thinking more clearly about human development—not just individually, but collectively and structurally. It helps us understand where to act, what to build, and how to adapt.
HumanCore is an open model. It is designed to be useful across education, leadership, design, personal growth, and systems thinking. If it helps you see more clearly—or build something better—then it’s working as intended.