Mental Models
Mental models are frameworks, worldview, representation, or explanation of how something works. They're how we understand the world.
Zettelkasten,April 06, 2021 (updated at April 10, 2021)Notes
Mental models are frameworks, worldviews, representations, or explanations of how something works. They're how we understand the world.
They shape the connections we create among systems.
They're thinking tools that we use to solve problems and make decisions.
They help us overcome the hyperbolic discounting problem.
Without mental models, you rely on your current emotions or instincts.
They're imperfect but useful.
The bigger your mental model toolbox, the more likely you're to have the right models to see reality.
- If you look at the problem in a single way, you've got a blind spot.
For instance, imagine that there is a party. We can see it in these ways:
- Business: the profit by selling invitations or drinks.
- Psychology: the music and the mood it creates on the participants.
- Anthropology: the human interactions.
References
Dunning-Kruger Effect
Is a cognitive bias hypothesis in which people with low ability at a given task overestimate their ability at that task.
Zettelkasten,January 30, 2021Hyperbolic Discounting
This theory states that humans discount the value of a later reward, by the factor that increases with the length of the delay.
Zettelkasten,April 06, 2021The Evolution of Anxiety
The Delayed Return Environment causes chronic anxiety and stress because our brain was designed to live in an Immediate Return Environment.
Zettelkasten,May 22, 2020
Dopamine
It's known as "feel good" neurotransmitter.
Zettelkasten,April 04, 2021Flow State (Psychology)
It's the most efficient state when doing a task.
Zettelkasten,January 28, 2021Human Multitasking
Multitasking is the "ability" to perform more than one task or activity at the same time.
Zettelkasten,March 29, 2021