korrents

← People and their mental models

Nat Friedman's mental models

2 claims Nat Friedman made fit 2 mental models. Most often: Feedback loops, Incentives. 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.

Feedback loops

Shorten the loop between doing and finding out; whatever a loop rewards is what you become.

Used by 60 others

Doing things fast is important because you make contact with reality more often

  1. Nat Friedman Investor and engineer; CEO of GitHub from 2018 to 2021 It's important to do things fast You learn more per unit time because you make contact with reality more frequently Going fast makes you focus on what's important; there's no time for bullshit Nat Friedmannat.org · 4 Sept 2026
    Their wordsIt's important to do things fast You learn more per unit time because you make contact with reality more frequently Going fast makes you focus on what's important; there's no time for bullshit

    ↗Nat Friedmannat.org

    4 Sept 2026

Incentives

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

Used by 84 others

Where you get your dopamine predicts your behavior

  1. Nat Friedman Investor and engineer; CEO of GitHub from 2018 to 2021 Where do you get your dopamine? The answer is predictive of your behavior Better to get your dopamine from improving your ideas than from having them validated Nat Friedmannat.org · 4 Sept 2026
    Their wordsWhere do you get your dopamine? The answer is predictive of your behavior Better to get your dopamine from improving your ideas than from having them validated

    ↗Nat Friedmannat.org

    4 Sept 2026