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Shane Parrish, Rhiannon Beaubien, The Great Mental Models: General Thinking Concepts (Amazon)
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.learning our ego and our distance from the results can hinder our learning
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Shane Parrish, Rhiannon Beaubien, The Great Mental Models: General Thinking Concepts (Amazon)
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.fattailcurve fat tail curves can have extreme values, unlike bell curves whose deviation from the mean is capped
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Shane Parrish, Rhiannon Beaubien, The Great Mental Models: General Thinking Concepts (Amazon)
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.mentalmodel representation of something. They simplify the complex into understandable chunks
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Shane Parrish, Rhiannon Beaubien, The Great Mental Models: General Thinking Concepts (Amazon)
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.risk .failure never take a risk that would fail you completely if it was to occur
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Shane Parrish, Rhiannon Beaubien, The Great Mental Models: General Thinking Concepts (Amazon)
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.antifragile antifragile things gain from unpredictable And volatile events
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Shane Parrish, Rhiannon Beaubien, The Great Mental Models: General Thinking Concepts (Amazon)
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.mentalmodels you need to hang the knowledge on Known models
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Shane Parrish, Rhiannon Beaubien, The Great Mental Models: General Thinking Concepts (Amazon)
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.bayesian Take into account what you already know when you learn new info
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Shane Parrish, Rhiannon Beaubien, The Great Mental Models: General Thinking Concepts (Amazon)
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.learning we must constantly test our learning against reality
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Shane Parrish, Rhiannon Beaubien, The Great Mental Models: General Thinking Concepts (Amazon)
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.language knowledge is limited by our language capabilities
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Shane Parrish, Rhiannon Beaubien, The Great Mental Models: General Thinking Concepts (Amazon)
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.system it is hard to see the system when you are in the system
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Shane Parrish, Rhiannon Beaubien, The Great Mental Models: General Thinking Concepts (Amazon)
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.learning it is most efficient to learn from others
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Shane Parrish, Rhiannon Beaubien, The Great Mental Models: General Thinking Concepts (Amazon)
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.feedback we need short feedback loops to learn
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Shane Parrish, Rhiannon Beaubien, The Great Mental Models: General Thinking Concepts (Amazon)
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.secondorderthinking
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Shane Parrish, Rhiannon Beaubien, The Great Mental Models: General Thinking Concepts (Amazon)
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.ego we need to put our ideas out there and be open to criticism
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Shane Parrish, Rhiannon Beaubien, The Great Mental Models: General Thinking Concepts (Amazon)
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.reading suck up someones brain by reading
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Shane Parrish, Rhiannon Beaubien, The Great Mental Models: General Thinking Concepts (Amazon)
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.ego our view of ourselves can prevent us from learning
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Shane Parrish, Rhiannon Beaubien, The Great Mental Models: General Thinking Concepts (Amazon)
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.maps maps are good models but they are abstractions
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Shane Parrish, Rhiannon Beaubien, The Great Mental Models: General Thinking Concepts (Amazon)
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.problems seek to avoid problems
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Shane Parrish, Rhiannon Beaubien, The Great Mental Models: General Thinking Concepts (Amazon)
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.mistake always correct your mistakes
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Shane Parrish, Rhiannon Beaubien, The Great Mental Models: General Thinking Concepts (Amazon)
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.learning learn from others
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Shane Parrish, Rhiannon Beaubien, The Great Mental Models: General Thinking Concepts (Amazon)
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.learn learn from the mistakes of others
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Shane Parrish, Rhiannon Beaubien, The Great Mental Models: General Thinking Concepts (Amazon)
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.inversion
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Shane Parrish, Rhiannon Beaubien, The Great Mental Models: General Thinking Concepts (Amazon)
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.smart avoid being stupid
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Shane Parrish, Rhiannon Beaubien, The Great Mental Models: General Thinking Concepts (Amazon)
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.results
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