The Human Operating Manual

Language & Meaning

Language & Meaning Making sense of a world that has lost all meaning. Philosophy and language origins contribute towards the way that we think and operate as a society.  Sensemaking 101 (Rebel Wisdom) Awakening From the Meaning Crisis https://www.meaningcrisis.co/ https://www.tiagobooks.com/blogpage/lecture-notes-of-awakening-from-the-meaning-crisis https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/149801.John_Vervaeke_s_Awakening_From_the_Meaning_Crisis

Mental Model Basics

Mental Model Basics What mental models are and why they are useful in the world of social media and idiocracy. The biases that rule our lives. Richard Feynman, Einstein, and Elon Musk: People who use mental models to understand concepts without being distracted by the current “understanding” Psychological mental model list Game Theory: Cooperative models […]

Mental Model Cheatsheet

Mental Model Cheatsheet Emphasize Questions over Answers Question and Replace the Assumptions Not static, but changing. X is a process Acceptance As dissolving conflict As the path to peace Fatalism / Inevitability Ex., We shall all die someday Ex., Eventually, it shall all come to pass Category Error / Grammar Violations I am fluidity. Faith […]

The Mental Model Rabbit Hole

The Mental Model Rabbit Hole To be explored… Topics listed below are ideas that are yet to be summarized.  Psychopath training vs. Mindfulness and personal growth Avoiding obsession over data and training mindfulness Mental Models: The Best Way to Make Intelligent Decisions (~100 Models Explained)   The current query has no posts. Please make sure […]

Brain 2.0

Brain 2.0 Building a second brain by using technology to store complex ideas and catalogue previous thoughts. Advanced diary instead of letting the same ideas float around forever.    Roam Research Evernote OneNote Trello Google drive Notion

Heuristics Basics

Heuristics Basics Cognitive biases: Selective perception Confirmation bias False-consensus effect Cognitive inertia (the inability to see perspectives other than one’s own) Conservation bias Information bias Recency illusion Clustering illusion Bandwagon effect Blind-spot spot Anchoring (attachment to first source of information) Cognitive ease/strain Susceptibility to believe claims expressed with simpler words Priming (suggestions that direct the […]

Mental Model Resources

Mental Model Resources The Art of Learning The Four Hour Chef Learning Ecosystems: An emerging praxis for the future of education Extend Your Mind The Great Mental Models Volume 1 The Great Mental Models Volume 2 The Great Mental Models Volume 3 Super Thinking: The big book of mental models An Introduction to Decision Theory […]

Lifestyle Design

Lifestyle Design Taking control of your immediate environment so you no longer have to rely on luck. Boundless (ref) Use Dirty Electricity Filters In All the Main Rooms of the House: Shielded Healing, Greenwave, and Stetzer filters. Shielded Healing makes a model called the Power Perfect Box. Shielded Healing also has a dirty-electricity filter that […]

Optimize (worksheets)

Optimize Worksheets Author: Brian Johnson (Optimize.me) Topics: Sleep, nutrition, exercise, productivity, longevity, habit All information is attributed to the author. Except in the case where we may have misunderstood a concept and summarized incorrectly. These notes are only for reference and we always suggest reading from the original source. This particular set of notes are […]