“80 or 90 important (mental) models will carry about 90% of the freight in making you a worldly‑wise person.” ~ Charlie Munger
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Categories
Success | Decision-Making & Thinking | Biases | Human Nature & Judgement | Economics & Strategy | Numeracy & Interpretation | Investing | Biological World | Physical World |
Success
Antifragility
Input Goals
Information Arbitrage
Fosbury Flop
Exponential Thinking
Minimum Viable Product
The 5/25 Rule
Unlearning
The 5-minute Rule
The Snowball Effect
Proactive Procrastination
Compartmentalization
Resistance
The 80/20 Rule
Leverage
Redundancy
Human Nature & Judgement
The Lindy Effect
Goodhart’s Law
Argumentum ad populum
Parkinson’s Law
Reciprocity
Framing Effect
The 10/1 Rule
Trust
Availability Heuristic
Anchoring
Envy and Jealousy
Denial
Stress
Social Proof
Mental Accounting
Pavlovian Association
Operant Conditioning
Sunk Cost Fallacy
Liking Tendency
Stereotyping
Groupthink
Curse of Knowledge
Representativeness Heuristic
Narrative Instinct
Bizarreness Effect
Baader-Meinhof Phenomenon
Cobra Effect
Boomerang Effect
Curiosity Instinct
Language Instinct
Hasty Generalization
Relative Satisfaction
Kantian Fairness Tendency
Fundamental Attribution Error
Principle of Least Effort
Cognitive Dissonance
Hard-Easy Effect
Focusing Effect
Planning Fallacy
Reputation Fragility
Noise Bottleneck
Keynesian Beauty Contest
Serpico Effect
Depressive Realism
Skill Compensation
Compassion Face (or Compassion Fade)
Three Men Make a Tiger
Buridan’s Ass
Imposter Syndrome
Semmelweis Effect (or Semmelweis Reflex)
False-Consensus Effect
McNamara Fallacy
Lucid Fallacy
Dunning-Kruger Effect
Abilene Paradox
In-Group Favoritism
Collective Narcissism
Texas Sharpshooter Fallacy
Plain Folks Fallacy
Poisoning the Well
Appeal to Consequences
Behavioral Inevitability
Self-Handicapping
False Uniqueness Effect
Backfiring Effect
Positive Illusions
Ironic Process Theory
Aumann’s Agreement Theorem
Ostrich Effect
Bounded Rationality
Fluency Heuristic
Persian Messenger Syndrome
Okrent’s Law
Vierordt’s Law
Cunningham’s Law
Tyranny of Small Decisions
Hyperbolic Discounting
Delayed Gratification
Observer Effect
Golem Effect
Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs
Bystander Effect
Hot Hand Fallacy
Gambler’s Fallacy (aka Monte Carlo Fallacy)
Acton’s Law
Brandolini’s Law
Peltzman’s Law
Investing
Paradox Of Choice
Marshmallow Test
Cult-Like Communities
David Cowan’s Road Map
[Jerry Colonna’s “Analog Analog”](https://josefos.notion.site/Jerry-Colonna-s-Analog-Analog-8d6627b21c5844ad80fa1b6c11c9ce64)
Capital Allocation Options
Fear of Missing Out (FOMO)
Efficient-Market Hypothesis
Gambler’s Ruin (Investing)
Leverage (Investing)
Kelly Criterion (Investing)
Systems
Scale
Pareto Principle
Law of Diminishing Returns
Algorithms