Mental Models (2018)

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• hahahacorn8 hours ago
  Previous discussion here: <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;news.ycombinator.com&#x2F;item?id=17121145">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;news.ycombinator.com&#x2F;item?id=17121145</a><p>Always a good read
  • dullcrisp35 minutes ago
    The version from 2018 seems to have been replaced with an AI-generated copy of itself for whatever reason.<p>You can use the Wayback Machine to read the version that was originally discussed.
  • dang7 hours ago
    Thanks! Macroexpanded:<p><i>Mental Models: The Best Way to Make Intelligent Decisions</i> - <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;news.ycombinator.com&#x2F;item?id=24527003">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;news.ycombinator.com&#x2F;item?id=24527003</a> - Sept 2020 (35 comments)<p><i>Mental Models: The Best Way to Make Intelligent Decisions (113 Models Explained)</i> - <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;news.ycombinator.com&#x2F;item?id=17121145">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;news.ycombinator.com&#x2F;item?id=17121145</a> - May 2018 (36 comments)
• incognito1246 hours ago
  Bought his books, definitely the first time I was exposed to this sort of stuff. Great reads
• aeon_ai5 hours ago
  FS was a major part of me getting into Munger and building out my web of mental models.<p>Will always be grateful to Shane for that!
  • iambateman5 hours ago
    Recommendations of things to read in that vein?
    • treetalker1 hour ago
      Books by Peter Bevelin (<i>From Darwin to Munger</i> etc.) or Rolf Dobelli are decent compilations. But mental models are everywhere. Taleb&#x27;s books have a bunch. But start with what you have in front of you: pick one and actually apply it programmatically, then add to your repertoire one at a time.
    • aeon_ai4 hours ago
      The Wit and Wisdom of Charlie Munger is a good place to start.<p>Shane&#x27;s mental models books are packed with a lot of random&#x2F;disparate domains&#x2F;insights -- He&#x27;s a good aggregator there.<p>Thinking in Systems by Meadows.<p>Really, once you go down the rabbit hole, you find new threads to pull. That&#x27;s kind of the fun of it
• TOGoS7 hours ago
  My mental model of a website that replaces the content with some &#x27;sign up now&#x27; stuff while I&#x27;m trying to read it is that it deserves to get closed and never looked-at again.
  • piterrro5 hours ago
    My mental model is ignoring people who complain about free stuff
    • heliumtera5 hours ago
      Ohhhh it&#x27;s free! Let&#x27;s shove it up the arse!!!!<p>Yeah yeah, like someone is doing charity here.