THE LITTLE RATIONALS
Little Minds. Big Thinking.
VISION:
We are building a better India by raising a generation of rational and resilient young thinkers.HOW:
By bringing decision-making, game theory, and human behaviour education to every child in India through engaging games, stories, and real-life challenges.
Our Hypothesis
Better Thinkers > Better Citizens + Leaders > Better Society
If children learn practical thinking skills early (how incentives work, how people make choices, and how to reason under uncertainty), they will grow into more resilient, empathetic, and effective citizens and leaders. Teaching these skills at scale could raise the quality of decisions across families, schools, and communities, accelerating social progress across India.- Better decision-making in daily life
- Greater resilience and emotional clarity
- More cooperative, fair leaders in future
Join The Movement
We’re building curriculum, running workshops, and partnering with schools, and we need partners, educators, and volunteers. Tell us how you want to help:
1. Curriculum Builders: Help design kid-friendly lessons, games, examples, and worksheets.
2. School & Educator Outreach: Help us connect with schools, counsellors, and after-school programs.
3. Volunteers & Facilitators: Lead local workshops or assist in community sessions.
4. Tech & Ops Helpers: Support with website, content ops, and scaling online modules.
Anything else? Feel free to get in touch. We'd love to hear from you.
Workshops We've Done So Far
1. Prisoner's Dilemma - How co-operation beats every other strategy in a high trust society.2. The Two Razors - Occam's and Hanlon's Razor, and how they can use these mental models to make better decisions.3. Priming Effect - Based on Daniel Kahneman's work from the book Thinking, Fast and Slow, we discussed the domino effects of seemingly small actions and of trivial changes in their environment.4. Attention Economy & Dopamine - Kids learnt how their phone hijacks their brain's reward circuitry and how in a distracted world, deep focus is their competitive advantage.
Get In Touch
You can write to us at [email protected] or leave us a message below.
Who We Are
Little Rationals is a project by Mayank Jain.