Mental Models
Cognitive Biases
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Mental models are about simplifying complexity, why we consider some things more relevant than others, and how we reason ... We cannot keep all of the details of the world in our brains, so we use models to simplify the complex into understandable and organizable chunks. From a great guide Farnham Street Mental Models
Concepts
Antithesis
80/20 rule
Foundation-Paralysis Effect π¨
Expected value
Big good changes
Local optimum
Automatic opposite π¨
Explore vs. exploit
Map vs. territory
Competitive lock-in π¨
Panta rei / impermanence
Publishing effect π¨
Status quo weight π¨
Truth calibration
Algorithms
Concepts that have more potential phrased as statement or action
Over and under reaction to a group think
Trying, failing, making mistakes is growing
Editing takes more energy than creating π¨
Render large numbers as infinity π¨
Does not compute (when to switch from rational approach)
Rooting out bad habits: allow, observe rather than restrict
Say a real thanks
Problems should generate their solutions, not the other way round.
Pass through cynicism untouched
Use simplest language available
Descriptors
When objects have a function of describing things or updating meaning
Organic knowledge
Baseraters vs. growthers
Jittery world
Buttons
When I can imagine simple actions as buttons that can be quickly pressed
Simplify
One foot forward
Mental Models
Mental Models