Mental Models (2018)

kept by eddie jan 30

Mental models are simplified explanations of how things work, drawing ideas from multiple disciplines to improve decision-making and avoid common thinking errors.

10 ideas for 2026 - by Shreyas Doshi
Ten interconnected observations on thinking, cognitive biases, and common blind spots that hinder effective decision-making and professional growth.
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Ideas — Noah Zender
Steven Johnson argues that truly understanding history requires a 'long zoom' approach, examining multiple scales from atomic to global simultaneously.
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Nobody gets promoted for simplicity
The HN discussion argues that engineers who build simple, maintainable systems are overlooked for promotion because their work lacks the visible complexity needed for compelling promotion narratives.
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Exclusive | The Untold Story of Charlie Munger’s Final Years - WSJ
In the year before his death, Charlie Munger made over $50 million from a bet on shunned industry, increased real-estate activities, and questioned if Moore's Law applies to AI.
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every company needs a cassandra
The article proposes an AI agent named Cassandra that acts as an organizational dissenter by detecting groupthink and voicing contrarian views only when socially costly for humans to express.
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