Mental Models for the rest of your live
"The man who is in need of a new thinking tool, but hasn't yet acquired it, is already paying for it."
The swiss army knife approach
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The man with a swiss army knife realizes that different problems require different tools and is equipped and ready for applying the best tool for the given situation.
Make Friends with the eminent dead
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"The man who doesn't read good books has no advantage over the man who can't read them"
"Make friends with them"
"If I have seen further it is by standing on the shoulders of giants"
Invert, always invert
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How to be miserable: do drugs, be envious, show resentment
How to fail: be unreliable, learn everything yourself, give up early, don't ever invert
Compounding
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Crush your cherished beliefs
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To be continued