After having heard about Charlie’s wisdom for years from various sources, I finally decided to pick up Poor Charlie’s Almanack after prompting from Shane Parrish of The Knowledge Project. Munger is indeed full of wisdom and seems to be one of the progenitors of using mental models as daily decision-making tools, which both Shane and I findContinue reading “Poor Charlie’s Almanack”
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The Great Mental Models, Vol. 1
Shane Parrish’s website Farnam Street is one of my favorite on the internet. His collection of mental models is large, clear, and concise. It is the inspiration for me to have begun collecting mental models. When I found out he was writing a book—or, more precisely, a series of books—I was ecstatic, and preordered thisContinue reading “The Great Mental Models, Vol. 1”
The Model Thinker
I was first introduced to Prof. Scott Page by listening to Farnam Street’s podcast called The Knowledge Project. I’ve been increasingly curious about mental models, and this book was my first full book on the topic. The Model Thinker reduces real-life interactions into mathematical models. If you have not had an undergraduate-level background in mathematicsContinue reading “The Model Thinker”
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