Mental Models I Find Repeatedly Useful
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There is a much smaller set of concepts, however, that come up repeatedly in day-to-day decision making, problem solving, and truth seeking. As Munger says, “80 or 90 important models will carry about 90% of the freight in making you a worldly‑wise person.”
Therefore, here are two suggestions for using this list:
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For mental models you don’t know or don’t know well, you can use this list as a jumping off point to study them. I’ve provided links (mainly to Wikipedia) to start that process.
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When you have a particular problem in front of you, you can go down this list, and see if any of the models could possibly apply.
Most of the mental models on this list are here because they are useful outside of their specific discipline.
He describes various mental models under the heads- Explaining, Modeling, Physics, Brainstorming, Experimenting, Interpreting, Deciding, Reasoning, Negotiating and so on
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