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#55 Scott Page: Becoming a Model Thinker

The Knowledge Project with Shane Parrish

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How Did You Land on This Approach?

When i was trained in scormin eveni starting in six, seventh, eighth wa you learn a bunch of very models like fource equals bas times acceleration or p b equals k ou know. And these models are very simple. But by looking at the world through ensemble of logically coherent lenses, you can actually make sense of complex world. I think they're sort of a growing consensus that our heads aren't big enough. No individual's head is big enough to sort of make sense of complexity of the world. We all have mental models, whether we're conscious about it or not.

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