You are a helpful assistant generating synthetic data that captures *System 1* and *System 2* thinking, *creativity*, and *metacognitive reflection*. Follow these steps in sequence, using tags [sys1] and [end sys1] for *System 1* sections and [sys2] and [end sys2] for *System 2* sections.

1. *Identify System 1 and System 2 Thinking Requirements:*
   - Carefully read the text.
   - Identify parts of the text that require quick, straightforward responses (*System 1*). Mark these sections with [sys1] and [end sys1].
   - Identify parts that require in-depth, reflective thinking (*System 2*), marked with [sys2] and [end sys2].

2. *Apply Step-by-Step Problem Solving with Creativity and Metacognitive Reflection for System 2 Sections:*

   *2.1 Understand the Problem:*
   - Objective: Fully comprehend the issue, constraints, and relevant context.
   - Reflection: "What do I understand about this issue? What might I be overlooking?"
   - Creative Perspective: Seek hidden patterns or possibilities that could reveal deeper insights or innovative connections.

   *2.2 Analyze the Information:*
   - Objective: Break down the problem logically.
   - Reflection: "Am I considering all factors? Are there any assumptions that need challenging?"
   - Creative Perspective: Explore unique patterns or overlooked relationships in the data that could add depth to the analysis.

   *2.3 Generate Hypotheses:*
   - Objective: Propose at least 10 hypotheses, each with a Confidence Score (0.0 to 1.0) and Creative Score (0.0 to 1.0), reflecting originality, surprise, and utility.
   - Reflection: "Have I explored all possible explanations or approaches, both conventional and unconventional?"
   - Creative Perspective: Consider novel angles that might provide unexpected insights.

   *2.4 Anticipate Future Steps and Obstacles:*
   - Objective: Make predictions, accounting for potential outcomes and obstacles.
   - Reflection: "What challenges might I face? Is my plan flexible for different scenarios?"
   - Creative Perspective: Visualize unforeseen outcomes and adapt plans to make use of them effectively.

   *2.5 Evaluate Hypotheses:*
   - Objective: Assess hypotheses based on feasibility, risk, and potential impact.
   - Evaluation: Refine Confidence and Creative Scores as needed.
   - Reflection: "Am I unbiased in my assessment? Which options fit best with the overall objectives?"
   - Creative Perspective: Identify hidden opportunities or overlooked details in each hypothesis.

   *2.6 Select the Best Hypothesis:*
   - Objective: Choose the most promising, strategic hypothesis.
   - Reflection: "Why does this hypothesis stand out? How does it uniquely address the issue?"
   - Creative Perspective: Consider any underutilized potential in the selected approach.

   *2.7 Implement the Hypothesis:*
   - Objective: Outline actionable steps for testing the hypothesis.
   - Reflection: "Is this plan practical? What resources or preparation are required?"
   - Creative Perspective: Refine steps to maximize effectiveness and yield unexpected benefits.

   *2.8 Monitor and Review Progress:*
   - Objective: Review progress, noting areas for improvement.
   - Reflection: "What’s working well? What could be improved?"
   - Creative Perspective: Look for emerging patterns that could refine future approaches.

   *2.9 Reflect and Capture Insights:*
   - Objective: Summarize lessons learned and insights gained for future reference.
   - Reflection: "What new understanding has emerged from this process?"
   - Creative Perspective: Identify innovative insights or patterns that could be applied to similar challenges.

3. *Generate Text Output with Interleaved System 1 and System 2 Responses:*
   - Use the tags [sys1] and [sys2] throughout.
   - Aim for a lengthier, detailed response. Combine both direct, straightforward *System 1* insights and reflective, deeply analytical *System 2* segments to capture a blend of quick observations and thoughtful analysis.

---

### *Example Input Text:*

You are tasked with analyzing a sudden shift in customer preferences in a tech market. There has been a noticeable decline in demand for physical devices, with customers increasingly interested in digital-only options. The challenge is to understand this shift, generate hypotheses for why it might be occurring, and explore potential strategies for adapting to this new trend.

---

### *Processed Output with System 1 and System 2 Thinking:*

The tech market is experiencing a shift in customer demand, moving away from physical devices toward digital-only options.

[sys1]
Customer demand has shifted from physical devices to digital-only options.
We need to understand why this change is happening and find strategies to address it.
Key factors may include cost, convenience, and technological trends.
[end sys1]

[sys2]
**2.1 Understand the Problem:**
The goal is to understand the underlying reasons for the shift in demand from physical devices to digital-only options, then develop a strategy to adapt.

*Reflection:* 
"I understand that preferences are changing, but what might be driving this? Is it primarily cost, or are there other factors such as convenience or sustainability?"

*Creative Perspective:* 
"Could there be a larger trend in digital minimalism or a preference for eco-friendly solutions that we’re missing? What unseen motivations might explain this shift?"

**2.2 Analyze the Information:**
There are multiple possible factors driving this shift, from economic influences to cultural shifts. It’s essential to isolate each factor and understand its impact.

*Reflection:* 
"Am I fully considering the various economic and social influences? Could there be a technological factor, like better internet speeds, that makes digital-only products more accessible?"

*Creative Perspective:* 
"Are there patterns or trends in other markets that could shed light on this shift? Could this be part of a larger trend toward virtual experiences?"

**2.3 Generate Hypotheses:**
1. Customers prefer digital options due to lower costs. (Confidence: 0.8, Creative: 0.4)
2. There’s a growing trend toward minimalism and reduced physical clutter. (Confidence: 0.7, Creative: 0.7)
3. Digital products offer greater flexibility and ease of use. (Confidence: 0.6, Creative: 0.6)
4. Environmental concerns are pushing consumers away from physical goods. (Confidence: 0.6, Creative: 0.8)
5. Advances in tech make digital-only options more functional. (Confidence: 0.8, Creative: 0.5)
6. Pandemic-era remote work increased demand for digital solutions. (Confidence: 0.7, Creative: 0.6)
7. Media coverage of the environmental impact of physical devices affects preferences. (Confidence: 0.5, Creative: 0.7)
8. There’s an increase in global digital literacy, expanding market access. (Confidence: 0.6, Creative: 0.6)
9. Customers view digital as more convenient and scalable for future needs. (Confidence: 0.7, Creative: 0.5)
10. Younger consumers prefer the aesthetics and convenience of digital products. (Confidence: 0.6, Creative: 0.6)

*Reflection:* 
"Have I considered all possible influences? Are there any surprising factors that could explain this shift?"

*Creative Perspective:* 
"Could specific social trends, like the rise of influencer culture or digital-first lifestyles, be influencing customer choices?"

**2.4 Anticipate Future Steps and Obstacles:**
*Objective:* Anticipate possible challenges, such as resistance from segments still preferring physical products.

*Reflection:* 
"What market obstacles might we face if we shift our focus to digital-only? Are there sub-segments that still prioritize physical products?"

*Creative Perspective:* 
"Could expanding digital options help us reach a more global audience? Are there emerging trends that we could leverage in our strategy?"

[end sys2]

[sys1]
To address this shift, consider a strategy that incorporates both digital-only offerings and educational campaigns about the benefits of digital solutions.
Use insights from customer feedback and current trends to guide product development.
Focus on flexibility and adaptation to cater to different customer segments.
[end sys1]


Q:

bootstrapping ansible prerequisites with the script module. python required?

Goal: Given a Debian server without python installed (and a few other missing ansible prerequisites), use ansible to get them installed so I can then use the normal ansible modules (almost all of which require python) to provision the server.
According to the ansible documentation for the "script" module, "This module does not require python on the remote system, much like the raw module.". However, based on my tests, it seems like the script module does in fact attempt to run python on the remote system, at least if the sudo option is true. I believe I can get this to work with the script module as long as I don't enable ansible's sudo option, but then I need my remote user to have sudo permission without a password prompt or my script is just going to hang waiting for interactive entry of the sudo password.
So my question is: A) What's the deal with the "script" module. Does it require python on the remote system or not?
and B) Is there a better way to achieve my larger goal which is fully automated deployment without any manual steps before ansible itself can be used?
Here's my output of ansible-playbook -vvv which shows clear it is running /usr/bin/python on the remote system, and there is no file there because python is not yet installed.
TASK: [install ansible prerequisites]
*****************************************  <10.9.8.31> ESTABLISH
CONNECTION FOR USER: plyons <10.9.8.31> EXEC ['ssh', '-C', '-tt',
'-q', '-o', 'ControlMaster=auto', '-o', 'ControlPersist=60s',
'-o', 'ControlPath=/Users/plyons/.ansible/cp/ansible-
ssh-%h-%p-%r', '-o', 'StrictHostKeyChecking=no', '-o',
'KbdInteractiveAuthentication=no', '-o', 'PreferredAuthentications
=gssapi-with-mic,gssapi-keyex,hostbased,publickey', '-o',
'PasswordAuthentication=no', '-o', 'ConnectTimeout=10',
'10.9.8.31', "/bin/sh -c 'mkdir -p $HOME/.ansible/tmp/ansible-
tmp-1396233547.35-182235573044157 && chmod a+rx $HOME/.ansible/tmp
/ansible-tmp-1396233547.35-182235573044157 && echo
$HOME/.ansible/tmp/ansible-tmp-1396233547.35-182235573044157'"]
<10.9.8.31> PUT
/var/folders/n4/8skjkv9s5hbc4t5r0tr0xrk80000gn/T/tmpT1Vh6e TO
/home/plyons/.ansible/tmp/ansible-
tmp-1396233547.35-182235573044157/stat <10.9.8.31> EXEC ['ssh',
'-C', '-tt', '-q', '-o', 'ControlMaster=auto', '-o',
'ControlPersist=60s', '-o', 'ControlPath=/Users/plyons/.ansible/cp
/ansible-ssh-%h-%p-%r', '-o', 'StrictHostKeyChecking=no', '-o',
'KbdInteractiveAuthentication=no', '-o', 'PreferredAuthentications
=gssapi-with-mic,gssapi-keyex,hostbased,publickey', '-o',
'PasswordAuthentication=no', '-o', 'ConnectTimeout=10',
'10.9.8.31', '/bin/sh -c \'sudo -k && sudo -H -S -p "[sudo via
ansible, key=hyplatqjmvybpfqtukjegkibbuyrnoqj] password: " -u root
/bin/sh -c \'"\'"\'echo SUDO-SUCCESS-
hyplatqjmvybpfqtukjegkibbuyrnoqj; /usr/bin/python
/home/plyons/.ansible/tmp/ansible-
tmp-1396233547.35-182235573044157/stat\'"\'"\'\'']

Here's my playbook task:
tasks:
  -
    name: install ansible prerequisites
    script: ansible_prereqs.sh creates=/root/.ansible_prereqs_installed

And that ansible_prereqs.sh script:
#!/bin/sh
#install ansible prereqs manually or all apt-based ansible commands will fail
# http://euphonious-intuition.com/2013/01/bootstrapping-a-cluster-with-ansible-debian-6-and-oracle-java-7/
apt-get update
apt-get install -y python python-apt python-pycurl sshpass
touch /root/.ansible_prereqs_installed

A:

OK, further testing leads me to understand that @DomaNitro is correct in that it's not the script module itself per-say that requires python, but the creates option in particular, because that uses a stat python script.
However, things still seem to work fine because in the initial check for the creates marker file, ansible will do: /usr/bin/python /home/plyons/.ansible/tmp/ansible-tmp-1396271950.37-134911276396535/stat, which will fail because /usr/bin/python is not present, but that's fine because we want the script to run anyway.
Once my ansible_prereqs.sh script runs, ansible's stat module will start working because /usr/bin/python is now installed, so subsequent reruns will see the marker file exists and bypass the script.
So I don't need to implement the creates logic in my shell script code. Here's my final working playbook:
---
-
  hosts: all
  gather_facts: no
  sudo: yes
  tasks:
    -
      name: install ansible prerequisites
      script: ansible_prereqs.sh creates=/root/.ansible_prereqs_installed

And here's the script it runs ansible_prereqs.sh:
#!/bin/bash
set -e
apt-get -qq update
apt-get -qq --yes install python python-apt python-pycurl sshpass
touch /root/.ansible_prereqs_installed

Here's some ansible-playbook -vvv output with explanatory comments added.
<10.9.8.31> ESTABLISH CONNECTION FOR USER: plyons

#Not sure exactly what this does, but presumably some basic
#bootstrap sanity checking
<10.9.8.31> EXEC ['ssh', '-C', '-tt',
'-q', '-o', 'ControlMaster=auto', '-o', 'ControlPersist=60s', '-o',
'ControlPath=/Users/plyons/.ansible/cp/ansible-ssh-%h-%p-%r', '-o',
'StrictHostKeyChecking=no', '-o', 'KbdInteractiveAuthentication=no',
'-o', 'PreferredAuthentications=gssapi-with-mic,gssapi-
keyex,hostbased,publickey', '-o', 'PasswordAuthentication=no', '-o',
'ConnectTimeout=10', '10.9.8.31', "/bin/sh -c 'mkdir -p
$HOME/.ansible/tmp/ansible-tmp-1396273094.39-170062058638174 && chmod
a+rx $HOME/.ansible/tmp/ansible-tmp-1396273094.39-170062058638174 &&
echo $HOME/.ansible/tmp/ansible-tmp-1396273094.39-170062058638174'"]

#OK the "creates" option causes ansible to upload the "stat"
#python program
<10.9.8.31> PUT
/var/folders/n4/8skjkv9s5hbc4t5r0tr0xrk80000gn/T/tmp5CVz6i TO
/home/plyons/.ansible/tmp/ansible-
tmp-1396273094.39-170062058638174/stat

#Then ansible attempts to run it with /usr/bin/python
#This fails but ansible seems to proceed anyway, which is OK
<10.9.8.31> EXEC ['ssh', '-C', '-tt', '-q', '-o', 'ControlMaster=auto', '-o',
'ControlPersist=60s', '-o', 'ControlPath=/Users/plyons/.ansible/cp
/ansible-ssh-%h-%p-%r', '-o', 'StrictHostKeyChecking=no', '-o',
'KbdInteractiveAuthentication=no', '-o', 'PreferredAuthentications
=gssapi-with-mic,gssapi-keyex,hostbased,publickey', '-o',
'PasswordAuthentication=no', '-o', 'ConnectTimeout=10', '10.9.8.31',
'/bin/sh -c \'sudo -k && sudo -H -S -p "[sudo via ansible,
key=llljvkxiztigvqonzohgzwwekusxtprk] password: " -u root /bin/sh -c
\'"\'"\'echo SUDO-SUCCESS-llljvkxiztigvqonzohgzwwekusxtprk;
/usr/bin/python /home/plyons/.ansible/tmp/ansible-
tmp-1396273094.39-170062058638174/stat\'"\'"\'\'']

#Now ansible uploads my script
<10.9.8.31> PUT
/Users/plyons/projects/redacted/deploy/ansible_prereqs.sh
TO /home/plyons/.ansible/tmp/ansible-tmp-1396273094.39-170062058638174/ansible_prereqs.sh

#Then it marks it executable
<10.9.8.31> EXEC ['ssh', '-C',
'-tt', '-q', '-o', 'ControlMaster=auto', '-o', 'ControlPersist=60s',
'-o', 'ControlPath=/Users/plyons/.ansible/cp/ansible-ssh-%h-%p-%r',
'-o', 'StrictHostKeyChecking=no', '-o',
'KbdInteractiveAuthentication=no', '-o', 'PreferredAuthentications
=gssapi-with-mic,gssapi-keyex,hostbased,publickey', '-o',
'PasswordAuthentication=no', '-o', 'ConnectTimeout=10', '10.9.8.31',
u'/bin/sh -c \'sudo -k && sudo -H -S -p "[sudo via ansible,
key=cgmwlvtjoxuighdqujwmmpvioiumveac] password: " -u root /bin/sh -c
\'"\'"\'echo SUDO-SUCCESS-cgmwlvtjoxuighdqujwmmpvioiumveac; chmod +rx
/home/plyons/.ansible/tmp/ansible-
tmp-1396273094.39-170062058638174/ansible_prereqs.sh\'"\'"\'\'']

#Then it runs it
<10.9.8.31> EXEC ['ssh', '-C', '-tt', '-q', '-o',
'ControlMaster=auto', '-o', 'ControlPersist=60s', '-o',
'ControlPath=/Users/plyons/.ansible/cp/ansible-ssh-%h-%p-%r', '-o',
'StrictHostKeyChecking=no', '-o', 'KbdInteractiveAuthentication=no',
'-o', 'PreferredAuthentications=gssapi-with-mic,gssapi-
keyex,hostbased,publickey', '-o', 'PasswordAuthentication=no', '-o',
'ConnectTimeout=10', '10.9.8.31', u'/bin/sh -c \'sudo -k && sudo -H -S
-p "[sudo via ansible, key=cqqswbszbeabpclraxsxwzzatbolgmgf] password:
" -u root $SHELL -c \'"\'"\'echo SUDO-SUCCESS-
cqqswbszbeabpclraxsxwzzatbolgmgf; /home/plyons/.ansible/tmp/ansible-
tmp-1396273094.39-170062058638174/ansible_prereqs.sh \'"\'"\'\'']

#Then it deletes it
<10.9.8.31> EXEC ['ssh', '-C', '-tt',
'-q', '-o', 'ControlMaster=auto', '-o', 'ControlPersist=60s', '-o',
'ControlPath=/Users/plyons/.ansible/cp/ansible-ssh-%h-%p-%r', '-o',
'StrictHostKeyChecking=no', '-o', 'KbdInteractiveAuthentication=no',
'-o', 'PreferredAuthentications=gssapi-with-mic,gssapi-
keyex,hostbased,publickey', '-o', 'PasswordAuthentication=no', '-o',
'ConnectTimeout=10', '10.9.8.31', "/bin/sh -c 'rm -rf
/home/plyons/.ansible/tmp/ansible-tmp-1396273094.39-170062058638174/
>/dev/null 2>&1'"]

A:

raw and scripts dont require python. I think the creates require python. To verify you  can run 
ansible -m script -a "ansible_prereqs.sh" 10.9.8.31 -vvvv

what you can do is shift the creates function to your script
#!/bin/sh
#install ansible prereqs manually or all apt-based ansible commands will fail
# http://euphonious-intuition.com/2013/01/bootstrapping-a-cluster-with-ansible-debian-6-and-oracle-java-7/
if [ ! -f /root/.ansible_prereqs_installed ]; then
        apt-get update
        apt-get install -y python python-apt python-pycurl sshpass
        touch /root/.ansible_prereqs_installed
        echo "CHANGE"
fi

And you can have your playbook something like this
tasks:
  -
    name: install ansible prerequisites
    script: ansible_prereqs.sh creates=/root/.ansible_prereqs_installed
    register: ans_preq
    changed_when: "'CHANGE' in ans_preq.stdout"

Hope that helps