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Stefan Judis's mental models

2 claims Stefan Judis made fit 2 mental models. Most often: Everything decays without maintenance, Second-order thinking. Everything they said here.

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Everything decays without maintenance

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

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Friendships require ongoing effort and can fade into mere acquaintance without it.

  1. Stefan Judis German web developer, writer and conference speaker Keeping friendships alive often becomes hard work and "friends for life" can quickly become "people I used to know" if you're not careful. Web Weekly #198 (#blogPost)stefanjudis.com · 16 Aug 2026All korrents from this piece
    Their wordsKeeping friendships alive often becomes hard work and "friends for life" can quickly become "people I used to know" if you're not careful.

    ↗Web Weekly #198 (#blogPost)stefanjudis.com

    16 Aug 2026

Second-order thinking

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

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Outsourcing more tasks to machines reduces people's ability to do those tasks themselves in the future.

  1. Stefan Judis German web developer, writer and conference speaker Her main point is that the more we outsource to the machines, the less we'll be capable of doing in the future. It's sad but true. Sally Hall on being proud of doing the work (#blogPost)stefanjudis.com · 21 Sept 2026All korrents from this piece
    Their wordsHer main point is that the more we outsource to the machines, the less we'll be capable of doing in the future. It's sad but true.

    ↗Sally Hall on being proud of doing the work (#blogPost)stefanjudis.com

    21 Sept 2026