The Great Mental Models Volume 1: General Thinking Concepts
by Shane Parrish and Rhiannon Beaubien
Nine foundational models, the map is not the territory, circle of competence, first principles, second-order thinking, inversion, Occam's razor, Hanlon's razor, each explained with examples. Clean and useful.
Read it if…
you want a starter kit of thinking tools.
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Skip it if…
you have read Munger and the Farnam Street blog.
Try instead: The Great Mental Models Volume 2: Physics, Chemistry and Biology →
Three things you will actually use
- The map is not the territory.
- Invert.
- Think second order.
Do this first
Apply inversion to your current biggest goal.
Our verdict
Nine thinking tools.
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