In an era where
information is abundant
We should improve our reasoning.

Phronisis is an initiative helping you improve critical thinking skills.

What is Phronisis

Practical wisdom
for the
digital age.

φρόνησις

/frόnisis/  ·  Ancient Greek

What Aristotle called practical wisdom: the ability to evaluate information and to be aware of biases or assumptions, including your own. Not just knowing what is true; knowing what to do about it.

Three things are happening at the same time. We produce more information than any person can meaningfully process. Our societies are becoming more polarised and more susceptible to populist narratives. And AI is accelerating all of it, in ways we are only beginning to understand.

The resources to address this do exist; but they tend to be theory-heavy, time-intensive, and disconnected from the things people actually deal with day to day. There is no Duolingo for critical thinking: no gradual, habit-building, real-world approach to becoming a clearer thinker.

Phronisis exists to fill that gap. The goal is to help people improve critical thinking skills by translating principles from philosophy, logic, and psychology into tools anyone can actually use. Practical. Accessible. Built for real life, not academic settings.

Context 01

Information Overload

The digital era produces more information than ever before. We live in an era of informational overabundance, which affects decisions, productivity, and well-being.

Context 02

Polarisation & Populism

Societies are polarising at an accelerating rate. Populist figures exploit "the system is broken" sentiment, and without better reasoning skills, the manipulation works.

Context 03

The AI Revolution

Everything is happening within a rapidly changing landscape. AI presents speculative signs of eroding critical thinking in humans, and we are not yet equipped to respond.

Founder

G. Michalis Papadopoulos, founder of Phronisis GMP

G. Michalis
Papadopoulos

Founder  ·  Host  ·  Fellow Learner

I'm a marketer by background: five years across Vodafone, UBS, Mastercard, and EU institutions. My work has always been some version of the same thing; taking complex, messy problems and making them clear enough to act on.

Phronisis started as a personal frustration. Everything I found on critical thinking was either too academic, too slow, or completely disconnected from the things I actually dealt with. So I built what I couldn't find. As a fellow learner, not an expert. With one question in mind: can you make genuinely better thinking a daily habit?

I'm currently an EMMIE Erasmus Mundus scholar in Impact Entrepreneurship, based in Vilnius. I have a novel in progress, learning the piano, and offering a pass to anyone who wishes to debate with me: for what topic? Don't care!

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First Project

Podcast

The World
in Arguments

"One argument, one episode at a time."

A podcast that takes on the arguments shaping public life; spoken by politicians, scientists, founders, artists, and philosophers. Each episode takes one argument and puts it through its paces: clarify what it claims, map the logic behind it, test whether it holds.

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Latest Episodes

New episodes every two weeks

EP. 03

US, Iran, Italy and the 2026 World Cup

Paolo Zampolli proposed replacing Iran with Italy at the 2026 FIFA World Cup citing Italy's four titles and calling it "a dream." A light but perfect case to analyse appeals and appeal fallacies: appeal to tradition, appeal to emotion, and how they work.

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EP. 02

Is Neurodivergence the Future of AI Work?

Palantir CEO Alex Karp claims neurodivergent people are best positioned for the AI economy. First interview episode, with guest Alejandro Auza: we clarify, steelman, and test the argument.

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Second Project

Interactive Learning

Arguments
Playground

"Learn critical thinking by doing."

The Arguments Playground is a free, interactive learning experience. No account needed. Two structured perspectives, Understanding Arguments and Digital Literacy, each built as a series of lessons with embedded mini-games.

13 standalone games you can play anytime. Spot arguments, classify fallacies, evaluate sources, resist manipulation. The shortest path from reading about logic to actually using it.

Enter Playground Play a mini-game
Spot the Argument Valid or Sound? Logic or Fallacy? Sort the Sources Feed Simulator X-Ray the Claim +7 more games