48: Death of a Cartographer 🌊
What if I told you that nearly every island in Polynesia was discovered without maps or compasses by men in canoes who navigated by the stars?
Mental Models100
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.
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The Abilene Paradox: Explained
“There is a lot of pretending going on. Everyone believes everyone else is better off than they are, and so everyone acts as though they are better off than they are. Everyone ends up spending more than they should because we are all comparing ourselves to the spectre of false...
Bayesian Thinking: A Primer
In the 17th century, mathematician and philosopher Thomas Bayes developed a way of thinking that has been both misunderstood and misused for centuries. In this article, we will explore what Bayesian thinking is, why it’s so powerful, how it can be used to make better decisions and understand the...
The Problem With Motivation
If everything you do depends on waiting until you're in the right mood, you'll get stuck in a negative feedback loop. The second problem with motivation is that it will always need refreshing. Without the added fear of approaching deadlines, motivation alone is rarely enough to...
Mimesis: A Reflection of Desire
What I call a mimetic crisis is a situation of conflict so intense that on both sides people act the same way and talk the same way even though, or because, they are more and more hostile to each other. "What do you want?" "I don'...