09 · Mental models
Mental Models
Curated frameworks, original models, and hybrid syntheses. Each entry carries my personal framing, examples drawn from the rest of the site, and (where it applies) a record of how the model has shifted in my use.
Decision Matrix
A scoring tool that mostly works by surfacing the preference you already had.
decision-making
Concept Map
Label the arrow, not just the boxes.
learning
Eisenhower Matrix
Urgent and important are not the same word. Force them apart.
prioritisation
First Principles
Reason from the irreducibles, but earn the right to first.
epistemics
Iceberg Model
The visible event is the smallest part of what is going on.
systems
Reinforcing Feedback Loop
An output that increases its own input. Most things worth building are one of these.
systems