We use mental models as simplified representations of how things work. We can't store all of the information we encounter in our heads, so mental models are used to break complex ideas into manageable parts.
Brandon Sanderson is one of my favourite authors. If he writes something I’m going to eat it up. But not immediately. Because Brandon likes to write big beefy books that could double as self-defence weapons or stools for small cats. He writes a LOT. He recently surprised his entire...
It can be difficult to stay up-to-date on current events when you only read the news that is presented in your social media feed. This problem becomes even worse if you are following people with different views than yours because then it's easy for them to share information...
How many times have you been told a story and thought, "I don't remember that happening?" It's natural for a person to forget things over time. But what if your memories are being distorted? You may be suffering from memory bias. In this post,...
85% of the global email volume is spam Sounds a lot like the 80/20 rule We usually know what spam looks like when it hits our inbox, but forget to look for it in everyday life 80% of the information you encounter is spam, but you endure it anyway....
It took fifty miles of cycling and the best part of a thousand pounds to reach Senegal. I rode with school friends to raise the money. The proceeds would buy me passage across the Atlantic. The bike ride was from Cambridge to London—more miles than I’d ever pedalled...
The use of logic is a crucial part of any argument. Logic can help us to reach the correct conclusion, and it can also be used as a weapon against our opponents in arguments. We must understand logical fallacies so we know how to avoid them when formulating our arguments....
