The Great Mental Models: General Thinking Concepts

Models, then, are most useful when we consider them in the context they were created. What was the cartographer trying to achieve? How does this influence what is depicted in the map?

Reality is the ultimate update.

Consider the cartographer.

Maps can influence territories.

When we read the news, we’re consuming abstractions created by other people.

When we read the news, we’re consuming abstractions created by other people.

In the real world you will either understand and adapt to find success or you will fail

Understanding only becomes useful when we adjust our behavior and actions accordingly

I believe in the discipline of mastering the best of what other people have figured out.
Charlie Munger

believe in the discipline of mastering the best of what other people have figured out.
Charlie Munger

« You only think you know, as a matter of fact. And most of your actions are based on incomplete knowledge and you really don’t know what it is all about, or what the purpose of the world is, or know a great deal of other things. It is possible to live and not know. »
Richard Feynman

the world as we know it