5 great books about mental models
If you want to read more about mental models, here are some books to further explore the topic. Not only I found these books useful, but I’ve seen them recommended over and over again on Hacker News and other places.
- Thinking, Fast and Slow (Daniel Kahneman)
- Influence: The Psychology of Persuasion (Robert Cialdini)
- Metaphors We Live By (George Lakoff)
- Predictably Irrational: The Hidden Forces That Shape Our Decisions (Dan Ariely)
- The Art of Thinking Clearly (Rolf Dobelli)
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I have always been fascinated by mental models. The same way scientists are looking for a theory of everything, I sometimes wonder if there is a universal theory of the mind. An all-encompassing, coherent framework that would fully explain and link together all aspects of our biology and psychology.
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