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• #2: Visualize All the Dominoes   Use to make decisions that are as informed as possible. When faced with the need to make a decision, most of us only consider the immediate impact that decision will have—especially if it’s a time-sensitive or urgent one. We think in terms of one domino ahead; life is never so simple and quarantined. What about the ...
• What is elementary, worldly wisdom? Well, the first rule is that you can’t really know anything if you just remember isolated facts and try and bang ’em back. If the facts don’t hang together on a latticework of theory, you don’t have them in a usable form. You’ve got to have models in your head. And you’ve got to array your experience—both vicario...
• dominoes, otherwise known as second-order thinking.
• Mental Model #3: Make Reversible Decisions. Most of them are; some of them aren’t. But we aren’t doing ourselves any favors when we assume that they are all irreversible, because it keeps us in indecision far too long. Create an action bias for reversible decisions, as there is nothing to lose and only information and speed to gain. Mental Model #4...
• System 2, on the other hand, is “slow” thinking. This is the mental model that we are seeking to use more, as it is much more contemplative and analytical. It’s used for any situation that requires more mental labor and effort.