Mental Models

Mental Models

How do mental models shape the way we see the world?

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54 mins

Explore how mental models act as powerful frameworks that influence our perception, decisions, and problem-solving skills. Uncover why understanding and refining these internal maps can help us think clearly and make better choices in life and work.

Ep 1:

The Hidden Software Running Your Mind

Discover why your brain runs on inherited, buggy mental software—and how Charlie Munger's 'latticework' of models can upgrade you from single-lens thinking to true multidisciplinary clarity.

Ep 2:

Evolution, Agents, and Thinking in Reverse

From evolution's ruthless logic to the hidden principal-agent traps sabotaging your decisions, learn why thinking backwards through inversion may be your sharpest tool for avoiding catastrophic mistakes.

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Discussions (11)

Marvin

Level 5 · 9 mo ago

Attributing success to models is survivorship bias.

Darlene

Level 10 · 8 mo ago

The bloodletting story is scary! Reminds me of my endo.

Marco

Level 3 · 8 mo ago

That bloodletting story is absolutely wild... imagine doctors killing people for 2,000 years while thinking they were right 🤪 makes you wonder which 'experts' are actually totally clueless right now 😂

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