Mental Models Academy 🧠

The best way to teach kids & teens how to think for themselves. The most important mental models, concepts & insights discussed in our app.

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A glimpse into our free app filled with mental models, insights, and everything they don’t teach you in school.

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@wolfofwallst @elonmusk @WorldAndScience Oh look, a sleazy salesman and also Jordan Belfort.

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If it feels too simple, it is. That feeling is your mind crying out for nuance. Do not repress it lest you become a side-scrolling video game character. There is more than moving forward and collecting coins.

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Innovation SOLVES problems. If the solution makes your life worse, is it the solution? Is social media the right tool for everything?

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Algorithms
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The #1 mental model for YouTube channel growth.
“...done right, your video could get on top of the search results when people search for relevant keywords. And stay there for the long term. If done wrong, your video might get bumped...” https://t.co/MKVyT9dJGI

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3) NEXT think of the second order consequences. Which decision will make future-you the happiest?

#mentalmodels
#secondorderconsequences

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Oh no! Too many choices! How do we solve this problem? 👇👇👇

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2) WHAT is the most important variable? Time? Money? Clout?

WHAT is the second most important variable?

Which options have the highest weighted score?

[Farnam Street @farnamstreet]

.@ThisIsSethsBlog on @TKPPodcast

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Bait and Switch
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“Bait and switch is a fraudulent activity whereby a company advertises goods at an incredibly low price with the aim of substituting for them with inferior or pricier alternatives at the time of purchase. Just like the worm at the...”

https://t.co/r4me2mAuGF

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Remember:

It is not enough to save threads. You must reread and act.

[Shane Parrish @shaneparrish]

Do one thing today that makes tomorrow easier.

Repeat.

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#stoicquotes

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This is your friendly MMA reminder that “freedom of speech” as constitutionally defined in the United States does not apply to the actions of private companies determining their terms of service, explicitly acknowledged and agreed upon at account creation, have been violated.

[Naval @naval]

First they ban accounts. Then, they ban apps. Finally, they will block websites.

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Personas
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“Since the advent of the persona, user experience design has seen a great deal of advancement. For one thing, we realize we should be out talking to real users to understand their actual behaviours and goals instead of relying...”

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Availability Bias
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“Which job is more dangerous—being a police officer or a logger? While high profile police shootings might lead to you think that cops have the most dangerous job, statistics actually show that loggers are more likely to die...”

https://t.co/DkNMivj8Sz

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Tit for Tat
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“Tit for tat is a game-theory strategy subject to a payoff matrix like that of a prisoner’s dilemma. Tit for tat was introduced by Anatol Rapoport, who developed a strategy in which each participant in an iterated prisoner’s dilemma...”

https://t.co/JBZ98EDtST

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Appeal to Emotion
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“Appeal to emotion is among the most common types of logical fallacies. It is often a highly persuasive strategy in influencing people’s views and behavior. As such, it’s an important fallacy to understand as you’ll more ready...”

https://t.co/cTqykm4i7I

[Cameron Holmes @C_Holmes44]

If you’re 50/50 on a decision what is your tie breaker?

-Logic

-Your gut feeling

[Axis of Ideas @Axis_of_Ideas]

A man's eyes should be torn out if he can only see the past

#deepthrill