Mental Models

A list of higher mental models that I use in my thinking. Will be expanded as I learn and grow.

Last update: 2016-10-23

• General:
  • Pareto Principle (⁸⁰⁄₂₀)
  • Feedback Loops
  • Parkinson’s Law
  • Cynefin
  • Availability Heuristic
  • ceteris paribus
• Personal Development / Psychology
  • Fixed Mindest vs. Growth Mindset
  • Four-sides model (communication)
  • Dunning-Kruger effect
  • SMART criteria
  • Survivorship Bias
  • Confirmation Bias
  • Fundamental Attribution Error
  • Learned Helplessness
  • Loss aversion
  • Delayed Gratification
  • Prisoner’s Dilemma
  • Law of Diminishing Returns
  • MECE Principle
  • Maslow’s Hierarchy Of Needs
  • Hedonic Treadmill
  • Mere Exposure Effect
  • Cognitive Dissonance
• Finances / Economy
  • Interest
  • Annuity
  • Giffen good
  • Sunk Costs
  • Tragedy Of The Commons
• Music
  • Circle Of Fifths
  • Harmony
  • Rhythm
• Philosophy
  • Occam’s Razor
  • Hanlons’ Razor
  • Hitchens’s Razor
  • Newton’s Flaming Laser Sword
  • A priori / a posteriori
  • Categorical Imperative
• Mathematics / Statistics
  • Probability Distribution
  • Bayes Theorem
  • Central Limit Theorem
  • Law Of Large Numbers
  • Gambler’s fallacy
  • Correlation does not imply causation
  • Necessity and Sufficiency
  • Hilbert’s Hotel
  • Zipf’s Law
• Computer Science
  • Technological Singularity
  • Information Asymmetry
  • Leaky Abstraction