My Mental Models Intersections

Summary Mental models are ways to see the world. It assumes that there is no knowable objectivity to be had, only an increasingly thoughtful ways of conceptualizing the subjective window we have available to us.

Why I care

All understanding of the world is based on my mental model of the question at hand. It’s the metaphor, the cognitive frame, the ideology, the ghost in the system of thought few introspect deeply enough to see.

I both like to collect mental models and learn to apply them to the way I see the world. The more options I understand, the greater clarity I can achieve in my thinking.

I remain incredibly curious about

• On Causation – is this my focus and thinkers who explore what counts as causal vs not
• Cognitive Frames MOC of George Lakoff on Frames MOC backed by Daniel Kahneman
• Dialectics of Hegel and explored though Philosophers – Deleuze and Guattari and Philosopher – Zizek, Slavoj
• Team Topologies

I apply them regularly as I pursue understanding of

• Myself through Therapy and Journal of Important Moments

I put them into action through

• Templates

Research

External

Internal