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Charles Marohn's mental models

2 claims Charles Marohn made fit 3 mental models. Most often: Compounding, Everything decays without maintenance, Second-order thinking. Everything they said here.

Models they name

Their own words name the idea.

Everything decays without maintenance

Institutions, code, cities and knowledge run down by default; keeping something alive is work that has to be paid for.

Used by 27 others

The American suburban pattern of development does not pay for itself: a city takes the cash from new growth and, with it, a maintenance bill it can never cover.

Mental modelSecond-order thinking

  1. Charles Marohn Civil engineer and land use planner Put these two characteristics together and you have a key insight; Cities routinely trade near-term cash advantages associated with new growth for long-term financial obligations associated with maintenance of infrastructure. The Growth Ponzi Scheme, Part 1strongtowns.org · 17 Jun 2011All korrents from this piece
    Their wordsPut these two characteristics together and you have a key insight; Cities routinely trade near-term cash advantages associated with new growth for long-term financial obligations associated with maintenance of infrastructure.

    ↗The Growth Ponzi Scheme, Part 1strongtowns.org

    17 Jun 2011

Models we see in what they say

Our reading: their claim applies the idea without naming it. The claim is theirs; filing it here is ours.

Compounding

Small gains that build on themselves beat big one-off wins; so do small losses.

Used by 18 others

Second-order thinking

Ask "and then what?": follow a decision past its first effect to the ones that come after.

Used by 86 others

The American suburban pattern of development does not pay for itself: a city takes the cash from new growth and, with it, a maintenance bill it can never cover.

Mental modelEverything decays without maintenance

  1. Charles Marohn Civil engineer and land use planner Put these two characteristics together and you have a key insight; Cities routinely trade near-term cash advantages associated with new growth for long-term financial obligations associated with maintenance of infrastructure. The Growth Ponzi Scheme, Part 1strongtowns.org · 17 Jun 2011All korrents from this piece
    Their wordsPut these two characteristics together and you have a key insight; Cities routinely trade near-term cash advantages associated with new growth for long-term financial obligations associated with maintenance of infrastructure.

    ↗The Growth Ponzi Scheme, Part 1strongtowns.org

    17 Jun 2011