Mental Models 101 - How To Make Better Decisions | George Mack

I'm joined by long time friend of the show and all round interesting individual George MacGill to break down how we can make better decisions in all areas of our lives by using Mental Models. If you imagine that your mind is an operating system, Mental Models are the apps you install into it which improve your ability to effectively make decisions. Today we are upgrading our minds by thinking about thinking, as we delve into some of mine & George's favourite mental models along with a mass of our best examples and resources. Huge thank you to Social Chain for letting me record in their beautiful studio and Video Guy Ollie from SC HQ for filming everything. Extra Stuff: Follow George on Twitter - https://twitter.com/george__mack Farnam Street Blog - https://fs.blog/ Farnam Street's 109 Mental Models - https://fs.blog/mental-models/ The Great Mental Models Book by Shane Parrish - https://amzn.to/2VijWDE Shane Parrish on Art Of Manliness - https://www.artofmanliness.com/articles/mental-models-decision-making/ The Psychology Of Human Misjudgement by Charlie Munger (full speech) - https://youtu.be/pqzcCfUglws Why Not To Start A Startup by Paul Graham - http://www.paulgraham.com/notnot.html Check out everything I recommend - https://www.amazon.co.uk/shop/modernwisdom - 00:00 Intro 03:00 Using Inversion to Improve 08:52 Contrast & Our Hierarchy of Needs 18:00 Clarifying First Principles 26:20 Implementing Double-Think 30:40 Signal Vs Noise 43:00 Developing a High Agency Trait 47:40 Asymmetrical Opportunities & Risks 56:23 Lessons for Life from Video Games 1:00:50 Different Inputs for Different Outputs 1:07:35 Seek Terrain Over Maps 1:14:40 Where to Find George - Listen to all episodes online. Search "Modern Wisdom" on any Podcast App or click here: iTunes: https://apple.co/2MNqIgw Spotify: https://spoti.fi/2LSimPn Stitcher: https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/modern-wisdom - I want to hear from you!! Get in touch in the comments below or head to... Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/chriswillx Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/chriswillx Email: modernwisdompodcast@gmail.com

Chris WilliamsonhostGeorge MacGillguest

May 7, 20191h 15mWatch on YouTube ↗

EPISODE INFO

Released: May 7, 2019
Duration: 1h 15m
Channel: Modern Wisdom
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EPISODE DESCRIPTION

I'm joined by long time friend of the show and all round interesting individual George MacGill to break down how we can make better decisions in all areas of our lives by using Mental Models. If you imagine that your mind is an operating system, Mental Models are the apps you install into it which improve your ability to effectively make decisions. Today we are upgrading our minds by thinking about thinking, as we delve into some of mine & George's favourite mental models along with a mass of our best examples and resources. Huge thank you to Social Chain for letting me record in their beautiful studio and Video Guy Ollie from SC HQ for filming everything. Extra Stuff: Follow George on Twitter - https://twitter.com/george__mack Farnam Street Blog - https://fs.blog/ Farnam Street's 109 Mental Models - https://fs.blog/mental-models/ The Great Mental Models Book by Shane Parrish - https://amzn.to/2VijWDE Shane Parrish on Art Of Manliness - https://www.artofmanliness.com/articles/mental-models-decision-making/ The Psychology Of Human Misjudgement by Charlie Munger (full speech) - https://youtu.be/pqzcCfUglws Why Not To Start A Startup by Paul Graham - http://www.paulgraham.com/notnot.html Check out everything I recommend - https://www.amazon.co.uk/shop/modernwisdom - 00:00 Intro 03:00 Using Inversion to Improve 08:52 Contrast & Our Hierarchy of Needs 18:00 Clarifying First Principles 26:20 Implementing Double-Think 30:40 Signal Vs Noise 43:00 Developing a High Agency Trait 47:40 Asymmetrical Opportunities & Risks 56:23 Lessons for Life from Video Games 1:00:50 Different Inputs for Different Outputs 1:07:35 Seek Terrain Over Maps 1:14:40 Where to Find George - Listen to all episodes online. Search "Modern Wisdom" on any Podcast App or click here: iTunes: https://apple.co/2MNqIgw Spotify: https://spoti.fi/2LSimPn Stitcher: https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/modern-wisdom - I want to hear from you!! Get in touch in the comments below or head to... Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/chriswillx Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/chriswillx Email: modernwisdompodcast@gmail.com

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Chris Williamson
host
George MacGill
guest
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EPISODE SUMMARY

In this episode of Modern Wisdom, featuring Chris Williamson and George MacGill, Mental Models 101 - How To Make Better Decisions | George Mack explores mental Models Explained: Frameworks For Better Decisions And Modern Life Chris Williamson and George Mack explore mental models as practical thinking tools—"apps" for your mind—that help simplify complex decisions and modern life. Drawing heavily from Charlie Munger, Naval Ravikant, Taleb and others, they move through a wide latticework of models: inversion, contrast, first principles, signal vs noise, asymmetry, systems vs goals, high agency, and more. They apply these to happiness, careers in your 20s, social media, education, relationships, productivity, and even video game design. The conversation emphasizes avoiding stupidity over chasing brilliance, privileging reality over theory, and deliberately designing your environment and habits to compound over time.

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