Mental Models


The Great Mental Models: General Thinking Concepts
Poor Charlie's Almanack: The Wit and Wisdom of Charles T. Munger
Super Thinking: The Big Book of Mental Models
Seeking Wisdom: From Darwin To Munger
The Great Mental Models Volume 2: Physics, Chemistry and Biology
Thinking In Systems: A Primer
Thinking, Fast and Slow
The Great Mental Models Volume 3: Systems and Mathematics
The Art of Thinking Clearly
Algorithms to Live By: The Computer Science of Human Decisions
Influence: The Psychology of Persuasion
The Model Thinker: What You Need to Know to Make Data Work for You
The Black Swan: The Impact of the Highly Improbable
Antifragile: Things That Gain from Disorder
Mental Models: 30 Thinking Tools that Separate the Average From the Exceptional. Improved Decision-Making, Logical Analysis, and Problem-Solving.
Sapiens by Yuval Noah HarariThinking, Fast and Slow by Daniel KahnemanThe Great Mental Models Volume 2 by Shane ParrishThe Great Mental Models by Shane ParrishFooled by Randomness by Nassim Nicholas Taleb
The Mindful Revolution
17 books — 7 voters
Adapt and Plan for the New Abnormal of the COVID-19 Coronavir... by Gleb TsipurskyPro Truth by Gleb TsipurskyNever Go with Your Gut by Gleb TsipurskyThe Blindspots Between Us by Gleb TsipurskyLeading Hybrid and Remote Teams by Gleb Tsipursky
Accelerated Learning
48 books — 21 voters

Skin in the Game by Nassim Nicholas TalebThe Problem of Democracy by Alain de BenoistThe Reign of Quantity & the Signs of the Times by René GuénonWhy Information Grows by César A.  HidalgoChaos by James Gleick
Mind Expanding
11 books — 2 voters

The Unbearable Lightness of Being by Milan KunderaDat weet ik zelf niet  by Hella S. HaasseFinite and Infinite Games by James P. CarseWhen We Cease to Understand the World by Benjamín LabatutThe Glass Bead Game by Hermann Hesse
Books of Ideas.
6 books — 2 voters

Nimish Shrivastava
Picking the right game matters more than playing the game well. A lot of smart people lose because they optimised hard for someone else's definition of winning. ...more
Nimish Shrivastava

It can be tough to recognize that you need to leave something behind to be able to get where you want to go. Sometimes the reason we have carried something in our pack for so long is that someone we trusted told us we would need it. Even when it has become obvious the advice given us does not match our experience, it can be difficult to reconcile the advice with the reality of our situation. Consequently, many will continue carrying unnecessary burdens. While this added weight might be manageabl ...more
Nathan Mellor, Sleeping Giants: Authentic Stories and Insights for Building a Life That Matters

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