Mental Models

The first point is about making effective decisions. The second is about making good ones. You might think they’re the same, but they are not. Decisions that bring immediate results, like closing a sale or filling a vacancy, may be effective, but they don’t necessarily lead to the things that truly matter in life, like trust, love, and health. Good

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Here is a process that a shaman lady I know has for reckoning with suppressed anger. Interestingly I find this much more effective than the "hit things while screaming route" which actually now seems like a way to AVOID fully feeling one's rage https://t.co/28XAUD0uA2

Epistemic rationality is about building accurate maps instead. This correspondence between belief and reality is commonly called “truth,” and I’m happy to call it that.1

Instrumental rationality, on the other hand, is about steering reality—sending the future where you want it to go. It’s the art of choosing actions that lead to outcomes ranked high... See more