The Trouble With Models — what works
The degree to which our models accurately explain reality is the degree to which they improve our thinking. Understanding reality is the name of the game.
Rhiannon Beaubien • The Great Mental Models Volume 1: General Thinking Concepts
For that matter, should we be using models at all?
Brian Christian • The Alignment Problem
Once you know exactly where you are on the map, you still need to orient yourself and move in the territory. And this is the key insight I learned from writing this piece. If you rebuild your new model based on abstractions it’s no more likely to be correct than the old one. So, you need to rebuild it in harmony with the world around you. The Taois... See more