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Comment author: morganism 07 July 2016 08:56:37PM 2 points [-]

mental models list for problem solving

There is a much smaller set of concepts, however, that come up repeatedly in day-to-day decision making, problem solving, and truth seeking. As Munger says, “80 or 90 important models will carry about 90% of the freight in making you a worldly‑wise person.”

https://medium.com/@yegg/mental-models-i-find-repeatedly-useful-936f1cc405d#.nxlqujo6k

Comment author: MrMind 08 July 2016 08:50:58AM 0 points [-]

Extremely interesting, thanks!

New to me were: Simpson's paradox, Third story, BATNAs, tyranny of small decisions, 1-1's, Forcing function, organizational debt, Bullseye framework.