korrents

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A difficult problem is better thought through both forwards and backward than in one direction only.

Drawn from what Shane Parrish said

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mental models Thinking tools borrowed across disciplines: inversion, second-order effects, circles of competence, probabilities, incentives.

Inversion

Which mental models help you think better?under our view: Invert, always invert: work the problem backward and avoid what fails

What Shane Parrish actually said

  1. Shane Parrish Founder of Farnam Street (fs.blog) and host of The Knowledge Project podcast
    It is not enough to think about difficult problems one way. You need to think about them forwards and backward.

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