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Mari Andrew's mental models

2 claims Mari Andrew made fit 2 mental models. Most often: Incentives, Trade-offs. 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.

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Trade-offs

Every choice gives something up, so name the cost; and check, because some trade-offs everyone assumes are not real.

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Every act of desire involves giving something up, though it rarely feels like sacrifice when you're happy with what you chose.

  1. Mari Andrew Writer and illustrator, author of Am I There Yet Every act of desire involves giving something up, and we don't usually call it sacrifice because we're too busy being delighted by what we picked! Everything I Loved in Springmariandrew.substack.com · 18 May 2026All korrents from this piece
    Their wordsEvery act of desire involves giving something up, and we don't usually call it sacrifice because we're too busy being delighted by what we picked!

    ↗Everything I Loved in Springmariandrew.substack.com

    18 May 2026