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A review by lavenderlazarus
The Great Mental Models: General Thinking Concepts by Shane Parrish, Rhiannon Beaubien
3.0
This book is good as an introduction to the concepts listed with examples to help understand them better. But it falls short of showing how and where they can be applied knowing what you know about these concepts. I wish it lived up the description of the book series on the Farnam Street blog where I discovered it existed, which was a deeper exploration of these topics. It's a curation of them, but I wouldn't call it a deeper exploration. Which is quite a shame since I've enjoyed reading many of the articles on the blog.
It's a great jumping off point and it does give you something to think about, provided you can stick with it. I wasn't a big fan of how this was structured and I did take a long break in the middle of reading the book but I'd still say that it's a good book if you're just starting out and learning about psychology/philosophy. If you're already familiar with the concepts discussed, it's a quick refresher.
It's a great jumping off point and it does give you something to think about, provided you can stick with it. I wasn't a big fan of how this was structured and I did take a long break in the middle of reading the book but I'd still say that it's a good book if you're just starting out and learning about psychology/philosophy. If you're already familiar with the concepts discussed, it's a quick refresher.