Most people treat systems like houseplants. Water it, give it some sunlight, and hope it thrives. But some systems have been wilting for months. Hidden mold. No roots. Still technically alive but barely. And you usually don’t notice until something breaks. Someone...
At first glance, the internet seems like an uncontrolled and chaotic place. No matter where you go online, the internet follows a series of laws that can predict the behavior of users and their outcomes. To help guide you through this strange digital world, here are...
A Reason Respecting tendency describes our willingness to accept someone’s reasoning, even when we don’t understand it or disagree with it. It claims what’s most important is not the reason itself but the fact that we are given a reason. This is one of the most...
At one point or another, you’re bound to disagree with someone. You might be thinking of a past disagreement or even a future one that you haven’t had yet. But how do you have a disagreement and successfully deliver a critical commentary that the person you disagree...
Hitchens’ Razor is the perfect mental model for creating evidence-based arguments. The model states, “What can be asserted without evidence can also be dismissed without evidence.”- Christopher Hitchens In other words, the burden of proof falls on the person making...
NFTs, Grimes used it to sell digital art worth millions, and the founder of Twitter even used it to sell his first tweet. But what exactly is an NFT, and will they be around for much longer, or are they some kind of digital trend that will quickly fade away. Let me be...
The Circle of Competence is a concept that has helped investors like Charlie Munger and Warren Buffet get to where they are today. So, what is the Circle of Competence? It’s simply knowing what you’re good at and knowing what you’re not good at. If it sounds obvious,...
The twaddle tendency is the need to speak confidently on something we don’t know enough about. The talk that comes from the twaddle tendency never adds value or unique input. It’s typically a rote repetition of facts, lines they’ve heard somewhere else, or a jumbled...
The Bank Robber Who Believed in Lemon Juice Let me tell you about McArthur Wheeler, because his story is literally why we know about the Dunning-Kruger effect. In 1995, Wheeler and his friend robbed two Pittsburgh banks. In broad daylight. With guns. And they didn't...
More people are increasingly becoming aware of blockchain because of the growing popularity of cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin, Etherium, and, more recently, Dogecoin. But how exactly do blockchain work, and what is to stop someone from tampering with them? More people...
