Perspectiveship

mental-models

Atrophy - Mental Model: Use It or Lose It
A reminder that we are biological creatures.
 • Michał Poczwardowski
Irreducibility - Mental Model: Find the Floor
When we can't simplify any further.
 • Michał Poczwardowski
The Physics of Starting and Stopping
How to start what matters and stop what doesn’t, with mental models.
 • Michał Poczwardowski
Map Is Not Territory - Mental Model: What Is Hidden From Me?
Abstractions aren't reality.
 • Michał Poczwardowski
Reversibility: The Joy of Starting From a Saved State
Save your game state, and Load when you need it.
 • Michał Poczwardowski
Scale - Mental Model: Imagine the Future
Understand scale before it breaks.
 • Michał Poczwardowski
Replication - Mental Model
The copying mechanism that keeps us alive.
 • Michał Poczwardowski
Catalysts - Mental Model: Accelerating Change
Speeding up reactions.
 • Michał Poczwardowski
Surface Area - Mental Model
How much of your success depends on luck?
 • Michał Poczwardowski
Thought Experiment - Mental Model: What If?
Be a scientist, forecaster, explorer, or daydreamer. Do it all inside your own head.
 • Michał Poczwardowski
Reciprocity - Mental Model
Real-world karma: spreading good will bring you good.
 • Michał Poczwardowski
OODA Loop — Decide Like Fighter Pilots
Fast decisions, incomplete information — everyday reality in engineering leadership.
 • Michał Poczwardowski
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