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Collection of thinking tools and frameworks to help you solve problems, make decisions and understand systems.
When polarizing topics are discussed in meetings, passions can run high and cloud our judgment. Learn how mental models can help you see clearly from this real-life scenario.
This post is my attempt to enumerate the mental models that are repeatedly useful to me. This set is clearly biased from my own experience and surely incomplete. I hope to continue to revise it as I remember and learn more.
In 40 tweets I will describe 40 powerful concepts for understanding the world
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The best ones mental models apply broadly to life and can help you understand the world. Read this list and learn the most important mental models.
Survivorship bias is a common logical error that distorts our understanding of the world. It happens when we assume that success tells the whole story and when we don’t adequately consider past failures.
Confirmation bias is a cognitive bias that nudges us to cherry-pick information confirming our existing beliefs and ideas. The best way to minimize confirmation bias is to seek out disconfirming evidence.
Occam’s razor is one of the most useful, (yet misunderstood,) models in your mental toolbox to solve problems more quickly and efficiently. Here’s how to use it.