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#37 Jun 6, 2020 Issue #37 - Confabulation 🧚 – Confabulation is fascinating. I had to push past my first instinct that it didn't apply to me... you
#36 May 30, 2020 Issue #36 - The Curse of Knowledge 🎓 – I think most of you will recognize this one - both as a communicator and as an audience!
#35 May 23, 2020 Issue #35 - Action Bias 💥 – I suffered from the downside of action bias for a long time! Becoming aware of it was quite the revel
#34 May 16, 2020 Issue #34 - Incentives 🐁 – "Don't ask the barber if you need a haircut." Incentives is one of the reasons this proverb holds tru
#33 May 9, 2020 Issue #33 - Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs ⛰️ – The current pandemic is having a devastating impact on many lives. It seems nearly everyone is affect
#32 May 2, 2020 Issue #32 - Panic and Neglect Cycle 🎡 – Anyone else been consuming an unhealthy amount of news lately?! I've noticed a lot of criticism of go
#31 Apr 25, 2020 Issue #31 - Tragedy of the Commons🐄 – Hello everyone! I've taken a little break over the past few months, but I've been drawn back to share
#30 Dec 28, 2019 Issue #30 - The Peak End Rule 🏁 – Here's a great mental model that is fitting for the last post of the year: The Peak End Rule! 🧠
#29 Dec 21, 2019 Issue #29 - The Planning Fallacy 🗓️ – I'll admit it, this issue took me longer to write than expected. In fact, every issue does. This phen
#28 Nov 30, 2019 Issue #28 - Status Quo Bias ⛰️ – This week's mental model originated in the field of psychology and behavioral economics. It's a parti
#27 Nov 2, 2019 Issue #27 - Social Proof 👥 – Have you heard of this one? This week I'm covering social proof, another popular mental model from ps
#26 Oct 19, 2019 Issue #26 - Confirmation Bias 🍎 – It's been a while since I've sent a new mental model. Luckily these mental models are not perishable!
#25 Apr 20, 2019 Issue #25 - Fundamental Attribution Error 🤷 – When I understood this week's mental model it actually made me a more understanding person!It's calle
#24 Apr 13, 2019 Issue #24 - Dunbar's Number 🕸️ – Mental Models Weekly is back with Dunbar's Number - a useful mental model from the social sciences th
#23 Mar 23, 2019 Issue #23 - The Filter Bubble 💭 – The internet has completely changed the way we consume information. This has had some interesting con
#22 Feb 23, 2019 Issue #22 - Entropy 🛀 – If you harbor the desire to have some idea what others mean when they mention entropy (or maybe even
#21 Feb 16, 2019 Issue #21 - The Four Stages of Competence 💡 – This week we're learning a model that's about learning! 😉
