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A review by lorenzana
The Great Mental Models Volume 1: General Thinking Concepts by Rhiannon Beaubien, Shane Parrish
4.0
Delivered on what it promised and more. I loved how succinct and simple it was. The historical anecdotes and supplementary concepts were very relevant and helped me apply these models.
This is one of those books that I'll definitely be referring back to over the next few years until I've fully internalized it. Regardless, I think anyone who's interested in developing better patterns of thought should read this one.
If only a lot of books were as succinct and thoughtful as this. (Sigh 48 Laws)
Here are the concepts simplified. I do think that it's more important to actually apply them than to know about them, though.
- The Map is not the Territory : A representation doesn't tell the whole story. Reality Check.
- The Circle of Competence : Know what you don't know. Know what you can't know.
- First Thinking Principles : Go back to basics and question the world
- Thought Experiment : Imagine the Possibilities
- Second-Order Thinking: And then what?
- Probabilistic Thinking: Bayes, Taleb, and Antifragility
- Inversion: Start from a different place
- Occam's Razor: Keep it simple
- Hanlon's Razor: Don't assume the worst
This is one of those books that I'll definitely be referring back to over the next few years until I've fully internalized it. Regardless, I think anyone who's interested in developing better patterns of thought should read this one.
If only a lot of books were as succinct and thoughtful as this. (Sigh 48 Laws)
Here are the concepts simplified. I do think that it's more important to actually apply them than to know about them, though.
- The Map is not the Territory : A representation doesn't tell the whole story. Reality Check.
- The Circle of Competence : Know what you don't know. Know what you can't know.
- First Thinking Principles : Go back to basics and question the world
- Thought Experiment : Imagine the Possibilities
- Second-Order Thinking: And then what?
- Probabilistic Thinking: Bayes, Taleb, and Antifragility
- Inversion: Start from a different place
- Occam's Razor: Keep it simple
- Hanlon's Razor: Don't assume the worst