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Chapter Overview
Chapter 1: AudiobookHub Recommendation
Chapter 2: A map is a simplified picture of a complex reality.
Chapter 3: Acknowledge the boundaries of your circle of competence.
Chapter 4: Solve problems inventively by reasoning from first principles.
Chapter 5: Build your creative problem-solving skills further by using inversion.
Chapter 6: Use thought experiments to examine your ideas and sharpen your thinking.
Chapter 7: Practice second-order thinking to examine your choices and strengthen your reasoning.
Chapter 8: Apply probabilistic thinking to judge your choices more accurately.
Chapter 9: Occam’s razor says the simplest of several equally strong explanations is likeliest to be right.
Chapter 10: Hanlon’s razor says the most likely cause of bad behavior is folly, not evil intent.
Description
The Great Mental Models (2019) provides a crash course on how to upgrade your thinking and decision making. Drawing from a wide variety of disciplines, it will equip you with nine of the most essential tools for understanding and navigating the complicated world around you.
Who Should Listen
- Decision makers
- Analysts
- Anyone who wants to give their thinking an edge