In the human world, we see this all over the place, right? Where status-seeking animals were hierarchical and whether it's the car we drive or the clothes we wear. There's some sort of signaling almost at all times. And what's interesting in the biological world, this appears to, and it could be through the colors that an animal has to show that it's poisonous. One example I love is called stodding.
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What is a mental model? What are "the three buckets"? How can Galilean relativity and alloying apply to non-science parts of life? What is the goal-gradient hypothesis? Why is it useful to know about signalling, especially in a social context? How can the concept of marginal safety apply outside of investing? More generally, why should people learn about mental models?
Blas Moros is writer, thinker, and entrepreneur. He's the CEO of Frontier and the founder of Latticework. Find more about him at blas.com, or follow him on Twitter at @blasmoros.
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