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I have read many these kind of books, and I have found none of them to be helpful. They are just mangling delicious-sounding sentences. I have found that the m
by 0xCE0 2y ago
I have read many these kind of books, and I have found none of them to be helpful. They are just mangling delicious-sounding sentences.
I have found that the most effective way to think is to write your own book, your own expedition of the matter at hand. When you write a sentence/paragraph, you notice how poor/ugly/erroneous your writing is, and then you rewrite it. I love being noticing how wrong I am, because at that point I have learned something. This way, you have iterated and learned the matter, and learnings are not just in your brain with you all the time, but you also have externalized it in writing, and the passing of time shows if it is timeless bulletproof understanding/thinking/learning/whatever.
- muzani 2y agoWould you mind listing the ones you didn't find useful? I believe 90% of everything is crap, but I want to get to the good stuff faster.
- 0xCE0 2y agoWell, maybe the best example is this: https://fs.blog/tgmm/ https://fs.blog/tgmm/ I have physical copies of these books. They are really well quality material, well layouted, and the content is similar to what is found at fs.blog website. All the "mental models" for thinking they include are kind of p*rn for this kind of stuff, but it is nearly impossible to apply these mental models consciously in real life, especially ad-hoc real life situation. There is no time to think each different mental model for every situation/task/problem/matter. The most effective thinking is the real-life "quick math/no BS" style of thinking, and the real superpower is if you have made your own expedition to the matter, because then you can just recall the stuff you need from your own brain quicker and better than any LLM.