korrents

Our readingWhat is a korrent?

A map is not the territory it represents, but if it is correct it shares the territory's structure, which is what makes it useful.

Drawn from what Alfred Korzybski said

What this subject means

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

The map is not the territory

Which mental models help you think better?under our view: The map is not the territory: every model leaves things out

What Alfred Korzybski actually said

  1. Alfred Korzybski Polish-American scholar (1879 to 1950) who founded general semantics
    A map is not the territory it represents, but, if correct, it has a similar structure to the territory, which accounts for its usefulness.

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