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@G_S_Bhogal - Gurwinder
A NEW MENTAL MODEL MEGATHREAD HAS ARRIVED! In 20 tweets I’ll summarize 20 of the most useful principles I know. Estimated reading time: 4 minutes. Value: A lifetime. Thread:
@G_S_Bhogal - Gurwinder
1. Dopamine Culture: “Every kind of organized distraction tends to become more and more imbecile.” — Aldous Huxley The delay between desire & gratification is shrinking. Pleasure is increasingly more instant & effortless. Everything is becoming a drug. What will it do to us? https://t.co/ZFrncYZNtC
@G_S_Bhogal - Gurwinder
2. False Consensus Effect: “Everyone driving slower than you is an idiot and everyone driving faster than you is a maniac.” — George Carlin Our model of the world assumes people are like us. We don’t just do whatever we consider normal, we also consider normal whatever we do.
@G_S_Bhogal - Gurwinder
3. Fredkin's Paradox: The more similar two choices seem, the less the decision should matter, yet the harder it is to choose between them. As a result, we often spend the most time on the decisions that matter least. Less time making decisions = more time making decisions work.
@G_S_Bhogal - Gurwinder
4. Package-Deal Ethics: Being pro-choice and pro-gun-control don't logically follow from each other, yet those who believe one usually also believe the other. This is because most people don’t choose beliefs individually but subscribe to “packages” of beliefs offered by a tribe. https://t.co/FRhUOoewCu
@G_S_Bhogal - Gurwinder
5. Naxalt Fallacy: Smart people tend to use qualifiers like “generally” and “most”, and dumb people tend to ignore them. “Most people who are pro-choice are also pro-gun-control.” “Wrong! I’m not!” “Men are generally taller than women.” “False! My wife is 7 feet tall!” https://t.co/FA3eawstB0
@PepMangione - Luigi Mangione
@G_S_Bhogal meme-version I always send in debates: https://t.co/DqZmgyEp5j
@G_S_Bhogal - Gurwinder
A NEW MENTAL MODEL MEGATHREAD HAS ARRIVED! In 20 tweets I’ll summarize 20 of the most useful principles I know. Estimated reading time: 4 minutes. Value: A lifetime. Thread:
@G_S_Bhogal - Gurwinder
1. Dopamine Culture: “Every kind of organized distraction tends to become more and more imbecile.” — Aldous Huxley The delay between desire & gratification is shrinking. Pleasure is increasingly more instant & effortless. Everything is becoming a drug. What will it do to us? https://t.co/ZFrncYZNtC
@G_S_Bhogal - Gurwinder
2. False Consensus Effect: “Everyone driving slower than you is an idiot and everyone driving faster than you is a maniac.” — George Carlin Our model of the world assumes people are like us. We don’t just do whatever we consider normal, we also consider normal whatever we do.
@G_S_Bhogal - Gurwinder
3. Fredkin's Paradox: The more similar two choices seem, the less the decision should matter, yet the harder it is to choose between them. As a result, we often spend the most time on the decisions that matter least. Less time making decisions = more time making decisions work.
@PepMangione - Luigi Mangione
@G_S_Bhogal This is true when comparing 2 choices in a vacuum, but when there exists >2 choices, we actually tend to find more similar choices easier to compare. Great excerpt from Dan Ariely's "Predictably Irrational": https://t.co/LOPAtXt2pw
@G_S_Bhogal - Gurwinder
Don’t say “stochastic” if you can just say “random.” Don’t say “Bayesian prior” if you can just say “assumption.” Using fancy words doesn't make you more convincing; it only draws attention away from what you’re saying to the way you’re saying it, making you *less* convincing.
@PepMangione - Luigi Mangione
@G_S_Bhogal This is why Jordan Peterson always bothers me. Overcomplicates everything he says aloud, wasting everyone's mental bandwidth in having to decipher it. The best teachers are the best communicators: clear, succinct, simple language