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Mental Models

Evergreen Created Jun 21, 2026 · Updated Jun 21, 2026

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Mental models are shortcuts for thinking. I keep a short list of ones that survived contact with real decisions - not every model on Wikipedia.

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contradictsThere Is No Perfect Solutionwhen a model lens beats treating every tradeoff as equal
extendsPKMThinking shortcuts this hub keeps when they survive real decisions
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