Episode Reviews

Mental Models started with Warren Buffett and Charlie Munger. Shane Parrish popularized it. George MacGill is sort of an expert on mental modelsGreat introduction for mental modelsMental Models are recipes for all decision making. They can be analogies that helps you explain thingsInversion - Instead of seeking excellence, avoid stupidity. example: instead of figuring out how to be happy, think of how to make a depressed person and avoid that. What mistakes George is avoiding in his 20s:1. avoid discomfort2. being around or working with ppl he doesnt admire3. compounding his career 4. neglecting health5. debt6. toxic relationships7. feedbackless environmentspower of contrast - cold water to warm water experiment he finds it fascinating that we live in the best time yet people are miserable. Attributes it to frog in gradual hot water metaphor. Being able to see the contrast is important!When you look at IG you are looking at "10/10" lives so if you have an "8/10" life you will feel that -2. If you go to a hospital you will look at 2/10 lives and will feel grateful for what you have. You'll feel that +6. Doublethink - you want black AND white thinking. Gray is where you go to die Identity can be a superpower (identify as a non-smoker) or something that clouds your thinking (politics)Signal vs noice - most info is noice. Always ask yourself “does this info help me make a better decision?”Lindy effect - how much something lasts is proportional to how long it's already been around. Says 99% of ppl consume only things that were made in the past 24 hrsGoal vs system - majority of goals aren’t met. It’s better to adopt a system than a goal. A system is something you do regularly. You’re more happy every time you follow through with the system. High agency is the most important personality trait. Asymmetrical risks - texting while drivingAsymmetrical opportunity - DMs[57:35 - 1:00:43] Life is basically a videogame yet there are people that are great at videogames and bad at life. What do videogames have that life doesn't? (I would say life has real pain. Life doesnt have clear goals) - life doesn't have parameters, levels, identity (you dont feel bad when you fail or do something wrong because you are playing a diff character.) - if you can detatch yourself irl you will be able to level up fasterinputs and outputs - extreme people get extreme results, normal ppl get normal rsltsPractice being weird. Drill that into your head. Like Scott AdamsGreen Lumber fallacy- refers to a kind of fallacy where one mistakes one important kind of knowledge for another. A person can make a killer facebook page but not know the CEO of fb, cause that's not the necessary kind of knowledge for what he does. chauffeur knowledge - stuff that can be recited. read this: https://fs.blog/2015/09/two-types-of-knowledge/