Mental Models
Mental models are representations of how things work in the real world. They are meta-cognition tools that allow me to recognise situations, better understand how the world works and increase my awareness to improve my thinking. Adding several, or as many as possible, helps me increase my ability to think and recognise patterns. If you identify a mental model in action, you can have a deeper understanding of the situation. Because you already spent time thinking about it and, hopefully, linking it to an array of possibilities, challenges, solutions, etc.
A list of mental models in the garden:
- The Bike Shed Effect
- Tendency to Minimise Energy Output
- Cooperation
- Activation Energy
- The Map is not the Territory
- Narrative Instinct
Obsidian Links
[[bikeshed-effect]]
[[energy-minimisation]]
Cooperation
[[narrative-instinct]]
[[map-not-territory]]
Obsidian Tags
#mental-models
Notes mentioning this note
Activation Energy
Activation energy is a [[Mental Models]] that brings attention to the minimum amount of energy required to start something. That...
The Bike Shed Effect
The Bike Shed Effect, also known as the The Law of Triviality is a [[Mental Models]] that defines the tendency...
Cooperation
Cooperation is a [[Mental Models]] that defines the importance of Cooperation in the survival of groups. Competition is vital within...
Tendency to Minimise Energy Output
The Tendency to Minimise Energy Output is a [[Mental Models]] that describes how biological systems and entities tend to minimise...
The Map is not the Territory
The Map is not the Territory is a [[Mental Models]] that explains how maps, or any abstraction of a reality,...
Narrative Instinct
The Narrative Instinct, part of [[Mental Models]], is our human instinct to construct narratives to explain our behaviour, society, organisations,...