Mental Models
9 categories • 90 mental models
Foundational Thinking
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Map vs Territory
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Levels of Abstraction
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Reductionism vs Holism
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First Principles Thinking
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Occam’s Razor
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Hanlon’s Razor
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Parsimony Principle
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Symmetry & Invariance
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Boundary Conditions
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Constraints as Drivers
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Causality & Systems
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Causation vs Correlation
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Feedback Loops
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Second-Order Effects
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Third-Order Effects
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Delayed Effects
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Non-Linear Systems
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Emergence
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Leverage Points
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System Dynamics
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Path Dependence
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Lock-In Effects
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Uncertainty & Risk
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Expected Value
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Bayesian Updating
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Base Rates
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Confidence Intervals (Intuitive)
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Risk vs Uncertainty
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Fat-Tailed Distributions
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Regression to the Mean
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Monte Carlo Thinking
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Optionality
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Asymmetric Risk
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Margin of Safety
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Decision-Making
10 models
Cost–Benefit Analysis
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Opportunity Cost
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Reversible vs Irreversible Decisions
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Decision Trees
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Satisficing
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Minimax / Maximin
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Expected Regret
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Inversion
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Premortem / Postmortem
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Value of Information
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Strategy & Competition
11 models
Game Theory
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Prisoner’s Dilemma
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Nash Equilibrium
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Zero-Sum vs Non-Zero-Sum
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Comparative Advantage
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Winner-Take-Most Dynamics
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Network Effects
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Flywheel Effects
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Economies of Scale
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Economies of Scope
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Power Laws
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Human Behavior & Incentives
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Incentives Rule Everything
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Principal–Agent Problem
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Moral Hazard
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Adverse Selection
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Skin in the Game
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Social Proof
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Status Signaling
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Coordination Problems
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Tragedy of the Commons
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Collective Action Problems
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Information & Knowledge
10 models
Time & Growth
9 models