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Observational Mimicry

People learn behavior by observing and duplicating the behavior of others. This starts in childhood - and continues thru life. This can lead to conflict. If one person wants something, another person sees that desire and wants the same thing. Now there are two people in competition for the same thing. This can happen to large groups as well.

Tagged With: #permanent-notes #behavior #needs #society

Published on May 17, 2021

Goodhart's Law

When a measure becomes a target, it ceases to be a good measure.

Tagged With: #permanent-notes #framework #metric #behavior

Published on May 17, 2021

DAOStack

DAOStack is an Open Source stack to make it easier to create DAO organizations.

Tagged With: #permanent-notes #blockchain #dao #technology #organization

Published on May 12, 2021

DAO - Decentralized Autonomous Organizations

Its a system that lets a group of people to code their process for decision making into a blockchain(eg. Smart Contracts in Ethereum). This software will become the tool that tallies votes and execute actions based on the encoded process.

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Published on May 12, 2021

Amygdala Hijack

The Thalamus region of the brain gets sensory data. Parts of this is sent to Amygdala(emotional/irrational part of the brain) and parts to the neocortex(thinking/rational brain). If the Amygdala matches it with an earlier threat stimulus, then it activates a shortcut(HPA/hypothalmic-pituitary-adrenal axis) - and effectively takes over the brain overriding the rational area.

Tagged With: #permanent-notes #psychology #limbic-system #neurology #therapy

Published on May 12, 2021

India Stack

Set of APIs that acts as Digital Infrastructure.

Tagged With: #permanent-notes #india #tech #infra

Published on May 11, 2021

One Level Higher

One Level Higher is a Mental Model that tries to go to a higher level of abstraction.

Tagged With: #permanent-notes #rationality #mental-models #systems-thinking

Published on May 08, 2021

Regret Minimization

Take the decision that will lead to the minimum regret over a long time frame.

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Published on May 08, 2021

Pareto Principle(80-20 Rule)

20% of the effort should create 80% of the output. To maximize ROI, invest in the 20%.

Tagged With: #permanent-notes #productivity #rationality #mental-models #framework #decision-making

Published on May 08, 2021