World View

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I would describe what you're talking about a little bit differently as a mental model or framework. Like there's got this mental model of a network diagram with nodes and edges, that's a very powerful model You can use on many different topics. Whereas I think of a world view as alittle bit differently, it's sort of like a central belief about how things function. It doesn't always need to be one or the other. And to me, this was most useful at least in terms of trying to understand how to deal with paperwork, which you have to do quite a lot when you're in India or even the UK.

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How are curiosity and innovation connected? What's the most important problem in your field? And are you working on it? Why or why not? Is curiosity the best heuristic — either for an individual or for society at large — for finding valuable problems to work on? What mental models do people tend to use by default? How much is an academic degree worth these days? What are some alternatives to degrees that could count as valid credentials, i.e., as unfakeable (or very-hard-to-fake) signals of someone's level of skill in an area? Can people learn to fake any kind of signal, or are there some that are inherently unfakeable?

Rohit Krishnan is an essayist at Strange Loop Canon, where he writes about business, tech, and economics. He's been an entrepreneur and an investor and is very excited to see when crazy ideas meet the real world. Follow him on Twitter at @krishnanrohit.

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