Mental Models for Life

“You’ve got to have models in your head. And you’ve got to array your experience — both vicarious and direct — on this latticework of models.

What are the models? Well, the first rule is that you’ve got to have multiple models — because if you just have one or two that you’re using, the nature of human psychology is such that you’ll torture reality so that it fits your models, or at least you’ll think it does.

So you’ve got to have multiple models. And the models have to come from multiple disciplines—because all the wisdom of the world is not to be found in one little academic department.”

Charlie Munger


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