The Power of Reciprocity

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If time discovers truth and something passes muster through each of these three buckets, I think it's a pretty strong signal that this idea has been true for a really long time. There are going to be many, many, many things in the world that don't have that pattern. But if you can kind of go positive, go first, if you can expect people and things to reciprocate in a way that you put out into the world, then it's an effective way to interact with other people.

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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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