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# Computational tools can expand metacognition by...
> Computational tools can expand metacognition by externalizing assumptions, generating alternatives, and preserving a record of revision. They can also harden identity when recommendation systems continually return the user to the profile inferred from past behavior.
**Source:** [[livestreams/Metacognition, Flexible Identity, and Meeting Opportunity Halfway - Workbook|Metacognition, Flexible Identity, and Meeting Opportunity Halfway]]
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“Computational tools can expand metacognition by externalizing assumptions, generating alternatives, and preserving a record of revision. They can also harden identity when recommendation systems continually return the user to the profile inferred from past behavior.”
— Bryant McGill
https://bryantmcgill.com/quotes/quotes-computational-tools-expand-inferred-past-behavior
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