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– Mental models are more tools for thinking or decision making (mostly constructive). Cognitive biases are distortions or illusions and are happening unconsciously (mostly destructive).

Legend: 🎨 – palette marks things I created. Sort: on the top are concepts that are more active or relevant to me.

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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

For clearer thinking and being more efficient

Concepts

Antithesis

80/20 rule

Foundation-Paralysis Effect 🎨

Baseraters vs. growthers

Local differences are exaggerated

Goodharting

Aumann's Agreement Theorem

First principles thiking vs thinking by analogy

Algorithms

Concepts that have more potential phrased as statement or action

Over and under reaction to a information

Create rather than edit 🎨

Render large numbers as infinity 🎨

Does not compute (when to switch from rational approach)

Notice surprise

From discovery to application takes a long time

Buttons

When I can imagine simple actions as buttons that can be quickly pressed

Simplify

For living better

Concepts

Love

Competitive lock-in 🎨

Panta rei / impermanence

Algorithms

Concepts that have more potential phrased as statement or action

Trying, failing, making mistakes is growing

Bad habits: observe not restrict

Say a real thanks

Do big changes, they are rather good

Problems should generate their solutions, not the other way round.

Pass through cynicism untouched

Buttons

When I can imagine simple actions as buttons that can be quickly pressed

One foot forward

Mini-ideas

Having things undecided is a form of pain. Decide and close things
Be okay with infinite tasks like: exercise, order, good food

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