Parrish S., Beaubien R. The Great Mental Models: General Thinking Concepts. Vol.1

Latticework Publishing, 2019. — 216 p. — ISBN: 9781999449001.The Great Mental Models: General Thinking Concepts is the first book in The Great Mental Models series designed to upgrade your thinking with the best, most useful and powerful tools so you always have the right one on hand.
This volume details nine of the most versatile, all-purpose mental models you can use right away to improve your decision making, productivity, and how clearly you see the world. You will discover what forces govern the universe and how to focus your efforts so you can harness them to your advantage, rather than fight with them or worse yet— ignore them.Acquiring Wisdom
General Thinking Concepts: The Map is not the Territory
Circle of Competence
First Principles Thinking
Thought Experiment
Second-Order Thinking
Probabilistic Thinking
Inversion
Occam’s Razor
Hanlon’s Razor
Supporting Ideas: Falsifiability
Necessity and Sufficiency
Causation vs. Correlation
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