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Thinking forward increases the odds of causing harm, whereas thinking backward (inversion) is less likely to cause harm.

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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
    Despite our best intentions, thinking forward increases the odds that you’ll cause harm (iatrogenics). Thinking backward, call it subtractive avoidance or inversion, is less likely to cause harm.

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