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Parrish (2024), The Great Mental Models (General Thinking Concepts)

15 January 2025 [original 11 January 2025] | ⭐️⭐️⭐️

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Introduction: Acquiring Wisdom

Defines Mental models and how I must Let the mental models of the world teach me.

The Map Is Not the Territory

After describing how Mental models are important to our understanding, introduces the The map is not the territory as the first model, cautioning me not to rely on models (maps) without considering the principles of How to read a map.



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