We tend to favor decisions that continue the status quo. This is because of the comfort of the familiar.
Published on Sep 14, 2021
Instead of talking only about things that you are convinced about, talk also about things that you believe along with the path you took to arrive at your belief. You should convey your uncertainty in the belief if you have some.
Published on Sep 02, 2021
This is a tool that makes you think of the long term consequences of your decisions. Process...
Published on Jul 10, 2021
One Level Higher is a Mental Model that tries to go to a higher level of abstraction.
Published on May 08, 2021
Take the decision that will lead to the minimum regret over a long time frame.
Published on May 08, 2021
20% of the effort should create 80% of the output. To maximize ROI, invest in the 20%.
Published on May 08, 2021
Make a 2x2 grid with 2 axis - Important and Urgent. This is how you treat the four quadrants...
Published on May 08, 2021
Mental Model is a simplified mental representation of a complex real world system.
Published on May 07, 2021
People think that you need absolute certainty when communicating your opinions to others for others to accept them. This is what I call evangelical mode. Julia Galef argues that it needn't be the case. There are two types of confidences...
Published on May 07, 2021
Soldier mindset thinks of their ideas as the land to defend - and attacks other external ideas or evidence that threaten their idea.
Published on May 07, 2021
Map is a simplified representation of the reality(territory) in someone's mind. People generally confuse map for territory - but Map is not the territory.
Published on Dec 18, 2020
Motivated Reasoning is a Cognitive bias - we tend to accept/believe more easily and with less scrutiny things we think are correct. If we encounter an idea that we think is wrong, we subject it to more scrutiny - it has a higher bar to clear for us to accept it.
Published on Jul 21, 2020