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Mental Models for Better Thinking

The frameworks the world's best decision-makers use to see clearly and choose wisely.

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Contents

  • book Poor Charlie's Almanack

    Munger's collected speeches and writings. The lattice of mental models concept changed how I think a

  • book Thinking, Fast and Slow

    Kahneman's life work distilled. System 1 and System 2 thinking. Required reading for anyone who make

  • book Influence

    Cialdini's 6 principles of persuasion: reciprocity, commitment, social proof, authority, liking, sca

  • podcast The Knowledge Project

    Long-form interviews with thinkers. Less polished than Lex Fridman, more focused on practical wisdom

  • note Inversion: instead of asking 'how do I succeed?', ask 'ho...
  • note Charlie Munger: 'I want to know where I'm going to die so...
  • book The Great Mental Models Vol 1

    Shane Parrish curated the 9 most useful mental models. Practical, with examples. Volume 2-4 are also

  • book Antifragile

    Taleb's concept of things that gain from disorder. Counterintuitive but powerful. The Black Swan is

  • link Farnam Street — Mental Models

    The most comprehensive free resource on mental models. Each model has examples, quotes, and applicat

  • article First Principles Thinking

    James Clear breaks down Aristotle's first principles thinking. Why Elon Musk says it's the most powe

  • book Superforecasting

    Tetlock studied forecasters for decades. Key insight: experts are often worse than informed amateurs

  • article Second-Order Thinking

    Howard Marks (Oaktree Capital) on thinking past first-order consequences. Essential for investors an

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