The Great Mental Models

Badly written. A quarter of the book is a pompous attempt to sell the book itself. The rest is an attempt to structure the tools of thought that are natural to any educated person. By tools, I mean Occam's razor, inversion, and the like. The best there is some quotes from smart people.

Even if you feel you know the basic models, namely:

Mapping Circle of Confidence First Principles Thought Experiment Second Order Thinking Probabilistic Thinking Inversion (of the desired result) Occam's razor Hanlon's razor

The book is still worth it's money because it reminds you that you have to apply models in creative work, explains why and suggests how.

It's a good reinforcement for your learning and also, the author has endured enough Nassim Taleb to find some good thinking from him. Quoting my toot:

No matter how silly @nasimtaleb is in his understanding of science and statistics, some of his takes are ok. Reading "the great thinking models" which spares me from reading his ramblings. His #antifragility is basically what #erlang is all about and what I mention in my #uptight #elixir talk: youtu.be/uTF2sUJKR3o