Mental Models
Reusable patterns for thinking more clearly.
Mental Models
First Principles
Reduce to atomic truths, rebuild up
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Occam's Razor
Prefer the simplest explanation
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Hanlon's Razor
Don't attribute to malice what stupidity explains
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Chesterton's Fence
Don't remove what you don't understand
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Circle of Competence
Know what you know — and don't
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Margin of Safety
Build buffer for what you can't predict
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Compounding
Small returns multiply over time
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Antifragility
Some things gain from disorder