korrents

← People and their mental models

Emily Atkin's mental models

2 claims Emily Atkin made fit 2 mental models. Most often: Incentives, Second-order thinking. Everything they said here.

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.

Incentives

Look at what people are rewarded for; it explains more behaviour than what they say, your own included.

Used by 84 others

Sellers and real estate agents are financially incentivized to avoid learning about or disclosing climate risk

  1. Emily Atkin Climate journalist; founded HEATED in 2019 after reporting… sellers and agents are incentivized not to know about climate risk or communicate it. Everyone involved only needs the property to look safe long enough to pass it along The open houses at the edge of disasterheated.world · 17 Sept 2026All korrents from this piece
    Their wordssellers and agents are incentivized not to know about climate risk or communicate it. Everyone involved only needs the property to look safe long enough to pass it along

    ↗The open houses at the edge of disasterheated.world

    17 Sept 2026

Second-order thinking

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

Used by 86 others

Reducing emissions intensity per unit of production does not by itself lower total emissions if output volume rises.

  1. Emily Atkin Climate journalist; founded HEATED in 2019 after reporting… AI may help an oil company emit less pollution per barrel of oil. But if the company is producing more barrels than it otherwise would have, total emissions can still rise. We need to press Big Tech on their AI partnerships with Big Oilheated.world · 19 Aug 2026All korrents from this piece
    Their wordsAI may help an oil company emit less pollution per barrel of oil. But if the company is producing more barrels than it otherwise would have, total emissions can still rise.

    ↗We need to press Big Tech on their AI partnerships with Big Oilheated.world

    19 Aug 2026