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Everything filed under mental models mental models Everything filed under humility humility Everything filed under LLMs LLMs Everything filed under language learning language learning Everything filed under AGI AGI Everything filed under mathematics mathematics Everything filed under design design Same subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subject Read this korrent: The territory never gets onto the map: representation always filters it out, so the mental world is only maps of maps. The territory never gets onto the map:representation always filters it out, sothe mental world is only maps of maps. GB Gregory Bateson — holds since c. 1970 — tap for who they are Same subject: 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. — tap to centre the map on it A map is not the territory itrepresents, but if it is correct itshares the territory's structure,which is what makes it useful. AK Alfred Korzybski — holds since c. 1933 — tap for who they are Same subject: Languages are at best maps: a word is not the object it represents. — tap to centre the map on it Languages are at best maps: a wordis not the object it represents. AK Alfred Korzybski — holds since c. 1933 — tap for who they are Same subject: Refusing to believe reality because it doesn't fit your mental model is an intellectual failure state — tap to centre the map on it Refusing to believe reality becauseit doesn't fit your mental model isan intellectual failure state Last stated 3 years ago 13 Oct 2023 DH David Heinemeier Hansson — holds since 2023-10-13 — tap for who they are Same subject: Large language models will not get to real agency, because a mind has to be embedded in a world through a body. — tap to centre the map on it Large language models will not getto real agency, because a mind hasto be embedded in a world through abody. Last stated 2 years ago 22 Dec 2024 AF Adam Frank — holds since 2024-12-22 — tap for who they are Same subject: The human mind can grasp some things, but some things that really exist lie entirely beyond its reach — tap to centre the map on it The human mind can grasp somethings, but some things that reallyexist lie entirely beyond its reach MM Moses Maimonides — holds since c. 1190 — tap for who they are Same subject: AI may never reach the promised land: nobody understands how it works, and VR shows a vivid future can simply fail to arrive. — tap to centre the map on it AI may never reach the promisedland: nobody understands how itworks, and VR shows a vivid futurecan simply fail to arrive. Last stated 2 years ago 18 Sept 2024 DH David Heinemeier Hansson — holds since 2024-09-18 — tap for who they are Same subject: Concepts are represented with strikingly similar geometry inside large AI models and inside brains. — tap to centre the map on it Concepts are represented withstrikingly similar geometry insidelarge AI models and inside brains. Last stated 2 months ago 20 Aug 2026 MH Max Hodak — holds since 2026-08-20 — tap for who they are Same subject: A difficult problem is better thought through both forwards and backward than in one direction only. — tap to centre the map on it A difficult problem is betterthought through both forwards andbackward than in one direction only. Last stated 13 years ago 28 Oct 2013 SP Shane Parrish — holds since 2013-10-28 — tap for who they are Same subject: A few dozen mental models are enough to get a firm grasp of how the world works. — tap to centre the map on it A few dozen mental models are enoughto get a firm grasp of how the worldworks. Last stated 9 years ago by 12 Aug 2017 JC James Clear — holds since 2017-08-12 — tap for who they are Same subject: A mental model is an explanation of how something works, and each one helps in understanding a different part of life, such as markets, trust or decay. — tap to centre the map on it A mental model is an explanation ofhow something works, and each onehelps in understanding a differentpart of life, such as markets, trustor decay. Last stated 9 years ago by 12 Aug 2017 JC James Clear — holds since 2017-08-12 — tap for who they are Same subject: Inversion frequently solves problems that nothing else will — tap to centre the map on it Inversion frequently solves problemsthat nothing else will Last stated 19 years ago 13 May 2007 CM Charlie Munger — holds since 2007-05-13 — tap for who they are Same subject: Without the elementary mathematics of probability in one’s repertoire, one gives everybody else a huge advantage — tap to centre the map on it Without the elementary mathematicsof probability in one’s repertoire,one gives everybody else a hugeadvantage CM Charlie Munger — holds since c. 1994 — tap for who they are Same subject: A persistently rising dividend yield eventually forces capital appreciation as the market rerates the stock. — tap to centre the map on it A persistently rising dividend yieldeventually forces capitalappreciation as the market reratesthe stock. Last stated 7 months ago 3 Mar 2026 SB Sanjay Bakshi — holds since 2026-03-03 — tap for who they are Same subject: Occam's razor holds that the simplest explanation is preferable to a more complex one, because simple theories are easier to verify and simple solutions easier to execute. — tap to centre the map on it Occam's razor holds that thesimplest explanation is preferableto a more complex one, becausesimple theories are easier to verifyand simple solutions easier toexecute. Last stated 7 years ago 28 Oct 2019 SP Shane Parrish — holds since 2019-10-28 — tap for who they are Same subject: RPC fits how programmers already think, in function calls, which frees them from constantly translating between mental models. — tap to centre the map on it RPC fits how programmers alreadythink, in function calls, whichfrees them from constantlytranslating between mental models. Last stated 3 years ago 5 Apr 2024 KV Kenton Varda — holds since 2024-04-05 — tap for who they are Same subject: A browser works better as a single window than as multiple separate windows. — tap to centre the map on it A browser works better as a singlewindow than as multiple separatewindows. Last stated 3 weeks ago 15 Sept 2026 CC Chris Coyier — holds since 2026-09-15 — tap for who they are
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At the centre The territory never gets onto the map: representation always filters it out, so the mental world is only maps of maps. Last stated c. 1970 Holds Gregory Bateson Read this korrent →