The Importance of Signaling

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I think this taking this principle into our own lives of always adopting and trying to improve even just 1% a day compounds on itself. You can never stand still, you can never rest on your laurels. It takes this open dynamic, curious mindset to keep growing. With internet scale and connectivity, I think there's kind of unlimited numbers of hierarchies you could climb. That is really different than it was 50 years ago in a big way hugely exciting.

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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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