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Correct Maps Are Useless: A guide to mental models
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Andreas Mosti
October 21, 2022
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Correct Maps Are Useless: A guide to mental models
A practical guide to mental models with examples.
Andreas Mosti
October 21, 2022
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Transcript
Correct Maps Are Useless Andreas Mosti | Bekk Consulting
https://unsplash.com/photos/nLXOatvTaLo
The World Until Yesterday – Jared Diamond
The World Until Yesterday – Jared Diamond
What are mental models? https://fs.blog/mental-models/
https://www.pngwing.com/en/free-png-bhrsr/download
https://unsplash.com/photos/b9drVB7xIOI
https://unsplash.com/photos/ds7DVwunWZE
https://fs.blog/mental-models/
First Principles https://fs.blog/first-principles/
https://ssosulski.roam.garden/PN:-The-first-principles
https://www.vecteezy.com/vector-art/4483305-
https://sahilbloom.substack.com/p/first-principles-thinking
Second Order Thinking https://fs.blog/second-order-thinking/
https://fs.blog/second-order-thinking/
“And then what?”
https://sketchplanations.com/chestertons-fence
“Noen ganger må man rive ned gjerdet for å vite
hvorfor det er der.” – Sigbjørn Lund Olsen
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Survivorship_bias
https://jamesclear.com/common-mental-errors
https://e24.no/boers-og-finans/i/Al7gBx/eirik-24-har-tjent-17-millioner-kroner-paa-tesla-aksjer
Occam's razor https://fs.blog/occams-razor/
Occam’s razor Among competing hypotheses, the one with the fewest
assumptions should be selected. https://fs.blog/occams-razor/
Occam’s razor When you have two competing theories that make
exactly the same predictions, the simpler one is better. https://fs.blog/occams-razor/
https://www.pngwing.com/en/free-png-blxej
Hanlon's razor https://fs.blog/mental-model-hanlons-razor/
Hanlon’s razor “Never attribute to malice that which is adequately
explained by stupidity.” - Robert J. Hanlon https://fs.blog/occams-razor/
Hanlon’s razor “Never attribute to malice that which is plainly
explained by stupidity incompetence or ignorance ” https://fs.blog/occams-razor/
https://matthewcook.medium.com/hanlons-razor-f7fa63e70e9a
http://almanack.safalniveshak.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/cook.jpeg
Regression Toward the mean https://fs.blog/regression-to-the-mean/
Regression Toward the mean “The rule goes that, in any
series with complex phenomena that are dependent on many variables, where chance is involved, extreme outcomes tend to be followed by more moderate ones.” – Daniel Kahneman
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Team Apps Goals Goal/App Red Bull Salzburg 27 29 1.07
Borussia Dortmund 89 86 0.966 Manchester City 13 20 1.53 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erling_Haaland
Team Apps Goals Goal/App Red Bull Salzburg 27 29 1.07
Borussia Dortmund 89 86 0.966 Manchester City 13 20 1.53 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erling_Haaland
Team Apps Goals Goal/App Red Bull Salzburg 27 29 1.07
Borussia Dortmund 89 86 0.966 Manchester City 13 20 1.53 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erling_Haaland Overall: 1.0465116279
The map is not the territory https://fs.blog/map-and-territory/
“The description of the thing is not the thing itself”
https://www.instagram.com/p/6HL2wwptz0/
https://www.reddit.com/r/MapPorn/comments/eudxdb/a_world_map_if_it_was_drawn_by_a_fish/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ron_Johnson_(businessman)
“All models are wrong, but some are useful” - George
Box https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/All_models_are_wrong