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Vocabulary as a Meta Mental Model
- Mastering these categories and where they apply will take time and experience. However, knowing the contradictions in each category helps master the category better. We’re using inversion to define the limits of the category.
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- Beware though. Don’t confuse knowing the name of something with knowing something.
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- "Knowing where an idea doesn’t fit can be just as valuable as knowing where it fits."
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- The collection of names is a dictionary. It helps you map different experiences to the same name. Not knowing which name to pin an experience with is a sign of confusion - you’re missing a category. If lots of different names fit, it’s a sign of nuance and complexity. Perhaps, it’s a lollapaloza effect.
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- This is what mental models are: ideas from diverse fields that can aid your life. In this sense, improving vocabulary is a meta mental model. It’s a way of finding and organising new mental models.
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- Knowing the name of this idea gives you a scaffolding to hang your mind on. The name triggers the example in your mind.
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- Sometimes, knowing the name is good enough. Most cognitive biases work that way. Once you find out what availability bias is, you can figure out where you’ve fallen for it. Noticing availability bias without knowing it is much harder. It’s the same for emotions, ideas, design patterns, and specific situations in life. Having a name helps you notice... See more
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- Improve your vocabulary.
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- The better your vocabulary, the more stories you can chunk, the more experiences you can pattern match.
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