I'm drafting a blog post about mental models and am reading here and there from different authors who've written on them, including my friend . Very impressed with the trajectory he took in researching and writing about mental models:
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1) Argue against common practice of reading descriptions of mental models for "self-improvement and success."
"Don’t read blogs written by non-practitioners... Don’t read Farnam Street. Don’t read self-help hacks on Medium... Hell, don’t read this blog."
commoncog.com/blog/the-menta
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2) Write a series of six blog posts articulating a "constructive alternative" with "an actionable summary of the judgment and decision making literature"
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3) Summarize his own series to make it more accessible to the busy reader:
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Most people would have stopped at #1. Instead, Cedric went deeper and deeper into his research, while making his findings increasingly useful and accessible. Bravo!
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