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May 2024

1h 35m

197: Super Thinking by Gabriel Weinberg ...

Mike Schmitz and Cory Hixson

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The world’s best problem-solvers, forecasters, and decision-makers all use mental models that help them cut through complexity and separate good ideas from bad ones. Today’s authors promise to teach us how to use these frameworks and shortcuts to help make sense of the world around us and make better decisions.

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