Super Thinking
by Gabriel Weinberg and Lauren McCann
The DuckDuckGo founder and a statistician compile hundreds of mental models from economics, statistics, physics and management, grouped by use: avoiding errors, decisions, conflict, people, organizations. It is dense and wide rather than deep, a reference to return to rather than read straight.
Read it if…
you want a broad catalog of models with brief explanations.
Skip it if…
you want depth on a few; see Parrish or Munger.
Three things you will actually use
- Name the pattern; it becomes manageable.
- Beware the models that flatter your conclusion.
- Breadth of models prevents the hammer-nail problem.
Do this first
Read one chapter and pick two models to apply this week; ignore the rest for now.
Our verdict
Broad reference, dense.
Compare with other Mindset books
Smart Choices
John S. Hammond, Ralph L. Keeney and Howard Raiffa · Mindset
Rigorous and usable.
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