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In this week's visual wisdom newsletter that was sent to 670 readers, we explore the zen of thinking differently.
Learn why maintaining a mix of divergent and convergent thinking is crucial for creativity and innovation.
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Optimism bias is a mental bias wherein we overestimate the likelihood of positive events and underestimate the likelihood of negative events.
Read the full article about this mental model in this week's Visual Wisdom newsletter that went out to 740 subscribers.
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A filter bubble refers to a state of intellectual isolation that can result when a website algorithm filters the information shown to a user based on their past consumption patterns.
A filter bubble refers to a state of intellectual isolation that can result when a website algorithm filters the information shown to a user based on their past consumption patterns.
According to the pygmalion effect, our abilities could rise or fall to the level of expectations placed upon us.
Positive expectations can lead to improved performance whereas negative expectations can potentially degrade performance.
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Intuition is the use of patterns that are already learned.
Insight is the discovery and storage of new patterns.
Goodhart’s law is a famous adage named after the British economist Charles Goodhart, which goes:
“When a measure becomes a target, it ceases to be a good measure.”
Join the 700+ readers of the Visual Wisdom Newsletter to learn more about this mental model in one of the upcoming issues.
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Barbell Strategy was popularised by @nntaleb as a bi-modal approach to risk-taking.
It recommends playing safe in some areas (robust to negative Black Swans) and taking a lot of small risks in others (open to positive Black Swans), hence achieving antifragility.
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The Zen of Thinking Differently: The Yin and Yang of Divergent and Convergent thinking.
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𝗗𝗶𝘃𝗲𝗿𝗴𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗸𝗶𝗻𝗴:
• Open-ended process.
• Generate ideas by exploring many possible solutions.
𝗖𝗼𝗻𝘃𝗲𝗿𝗴𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗧𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗸𝗶𝗻𝗴:
• Closed-ended process.
• Converging the various ideas to find a solution for a specific problem.
This week’s newsletter article on Amazon’s strategy of building a portfolio of small bets.
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Join 631 smart and curious people to learn more about mental models and strategies behind successful people and companies.
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You will get rich by giving society what it wants but does not yet know how to get. At scale.
- @naval
You will get rich by giving society what it wants but does not yet know how to get. At scale.
- @naval