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The nice thing about mental models is you have so many to choose from[1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8]. [1] https://medium.com/@yegg/mental-models-i-find-repeatedly-use

The nice thing about mental models is you have so many to choose from[1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8]. [1] https://medium.com/@yegg/mental-models-i-find-repeatedly-useful-936f1cc405d https://medium.com/@yegg/mental-models-i-find-repeatedly-use... [2] http://www.defmacro.org/2016/12/22/models.html http://www.defmacro.org/2016/12/22/models.html [3] https://fs.blog/mental-models/ https://fs.blog/mental-models/ [4] https://nesslabs.com/mental-models https://nesslabs.com/mental-models [5] https://amzn.to/2KiKQEg https://amzn.to/2KiKQEg (Don't recommend) [6] https://amzn.to/2GOHoz4 https://amzn.to/2GOHoz4 (written by DuckDuckGo founder Gabe Weinberg) [7] https://amzn.to/31lfK4Q https://amzn.to/31lfK4Q (A classic) [8] https://amzn.to/31tX17l https://amzn.to/31tX17l (Haven't read but recommended by others)

james_s_tayler 7y ago
The Model Thinker is also an excellent book! It's more mathematical models, but if you understand the intuitions behind the models then they are a great additional to your thinking tools.
blairbeckwith 7y ago
Interesting that you don’t recommend the Farnham Street book. It’s been sitting on my shelf for a while, and I’m a big fan of a lot of what they put out. What don’t you like about it?
- paulgerhardt 7y ago
  Have you ever had a subject matter that you are comfortably familiar with explained to you through a strained analogy in a patronizing manner that makes you question the speaker's own understanding of the material? This book is full of those. Here's a representative excerpt from early in book: “Imagine you are on a ship that has reached constant velocity (meaning without a change in speed or direction). You are below decks and there are no portholes. You drop a ball from your raised hand to the floor. To you, it looks as if the ball is dropping straight down, thereby confirming gravity is at work. You are able to perceive this vertical shift as the ball changed its location by about three feet. Now imagine you are a fish (with special x-ray vision) and you are watching this ship go past. You see the scientist inside, dropping a ball. You register the vertical change in the position of the ball. But you are also able to see a horizontal change. As the ball was pulled down by gravity it also shifted its position east by about 20 feet. The ship moved through the water and therefore so did the ball. The scientist on board, with no external point of reference, was not able to perceive this horizontal shift.” The other half of the book is Charlie Munger quotes. I would say skip the trouble and go straight to reading “Almanack”.

james_s_tayler 7y ago

The Model Thinker is also an excellent book! It's more mathematical models, but if you understand the intuitions behind the models then they are a great additional to your thinking tools.

blairbeckwith 7y ago

Interesting that you don’t recommend the Farnham Street book. It’s been sitting on my shelf for a while, and I’m a big fan of a lot of what they put out. What don’t you like about it?

paulgerhardt 7y ago
Have you ever had a subject matter that you are comfortably familiar with explained to you through a strained analogy in a patronizing manner that makes you question the speaker's own understanding of the material? This book is full of those. Here's a representative excerpt from early in book: “Imagine you are on a ship that has reached constant velocity (meaning without a change in speed or direction). You are below decks and there are no portholes. You drop a ball from your raised hand to the floor. To you, it looks as if the ball is dropping straight down, thereby confirming gravity is at work. You are able to perceive this vertical shift as the ball changed its location by about three feet. Now imagine you are a fish (with special x-ray vision) and you are watching this ship go past. You see the scientist inside, dropping a ball. You register the vertical change in the position of the ball. But you are also able to see a horizontal change. As the ball was pulled down by gravity it also shifted its position east by about 20 feet. The ship moved through the water and therefore so did the ball. The scientist on board, with no external point of reference, was not able to perceive this horizontal shift.” The other half of the book is Charlie Munger quotes. I would say skip the trouble and go straight to reading “Almanack”.