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    Summary of Rhiannon Beaubien & Rosie Leizrowice's The Great Mental Models Volume 3
    Summary of Rhiannon Beaubien & Rosie Leizrowice's The Great Mental Models Volume 3
    Summary of Rhiannon Beaubien & Rosie Leizrowice's The Great Mental Models Volume 3
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    Summary of Rhiannon Beaubien & Rosie Leizrowice's The Great Mental Models Volume 3

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    Get the Summary of Rhiannon Beaubien & Rosie Leizrowice's The Great Mental Models Volume 3 in 20 minutes. Please note: This is a summary & not the original book. Original book introduction: The much anticipated third installment in the Wall Street Journal Bestselling series 'The Great Mental Models'. The secret to better decision-making is learning things that won’t change. Mastering a small number of versatile concepts with broad applicability enables you to rapidly grasp new areas, identify patterns, and understand how the world works. Don’t waste your time on knowledge with an expiry date - focus on the fundamentals. In part one, you’ll learn mental models from systems, helping you see unexpected connections and avoid costly mistakes. You’ll discover how these concepts govern the behaviors and interactions in your life. In part two, you’ll learn mental models from mathematics that reveal logical patterns in the world. This isn’t your high school math class. Mastering The Great Mental Models helps you thrive in an uncertain world. The right cognitive tools prepare you for any type of challenge. From parenting to healthy eating, relationships to personal productivity, and from learning to product design, this book will give you new lenses for understanding life.

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    PublisherIRB Media
    Release dateDec 7, 2021
    ISBN9781669342229
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      #1

      Feedback loops are everywhere in systems, and understanding how they work helps you be more flexible with the variety of feedback you receive and incorporate, and you can offer better feedback to others.

      #2

      There are two basic types of feedback loops: balancing and reinforcing. A balancing feedback loop is one that tends toward equilibrium, whereas a reinforcing feedback loop amplifies a particular process. Your thermostat and heating system are both examples of balancing feedback loops.

      #3

      The feedback loop of others’ reactions to our actions is the basis of civilization. We in turn respond with approval of the same behavior on the part of others.

      #4

      Creating the right future incentives is very important. If you solve the problem at hand, you could create a reinforcing feedback loop of future problems.

      #5

      To change people’s behavior, you have to change their incentives. You can’t just make everyone do what you want them to; that won’t work. Instead, change the incentives for the people who are already doing what you want, or who are most likely to do what you want.

      #6

      Feedback loops are a great tool to use in order to influence behavior at the margins. They are used in criminal justice systems to deter unwanted behavior.

      #7

      Information cascades occur when a large number of people draw the same conclusion from the same limited information. They can be either positive or negative, depending on the information they convey. They occur because we rarely have perfect information, and in many situations, we look to others to determine what we ought to do.

      #8

      A society needs to function with trust between its members.

      #9

      In a repeated Prisoner’s Dilemma, the best solution is to cooperate first, and then in subsequent rounds,

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