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In pursuit of a head start, people often skip exploring and jump straight to narrowly exploiting what they already know.

Drawn from what David Epstein said

Mental modelMany models, not one

On the topicWhich mental models help you think better?under our view: One model is never enough: carry many, from many fields, or every problem looks like a nail

What David Epstein actually said

  1. David Epstein Writer on generalists and how people learn
    “Exploit” means digging into what you already know and maximizing the benefit from it. Getting the balance right is crucial. The trouble is, in pursuit of a head start, we often skip “explore” and jump right to the more narrow “exploit.”

    Where this was said

    ↗Excerpt from the New Range Foreworddavidepstein.substack.com

    3 Sept 2024

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