Essays on applying clear thinking to building and decision-making, drawing on anecdotes from tech meetups, sports psychology and personal experience. Readers get reframed mental models such as how metaphors blind us, how athletes turn pain into meaning, and why identity causes people to reject new ideas.
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A weekly newsletter that explains one mental model per issue through a detailed historical story, then ties it to creative work. Issues cover topics such as hostile attribution bias, design thinking and the Gestalt law of closure.
A weekly Spanish-language newsletter that pairs a historical story with a practical idea about decision-making, goals and systems, plus a closing quote. Readers get mental models and clearer distinctions drawn from cases like the Mumbai dabbawalas, the Panama Canal and the naming of America.
Perspectiveship is a personal newsletter from an engineering leader who applies mental models and thinking frameworks, such as the broken windows theory and inversion, to everyday work and life. Readers get short essays that connect psychology and research to software engineering and personal habits.
Short personal essays by a founder and engineer reflecting on mental models, decision-making and personal finance, often through myths and metaphors. Readers get brief, thoughtful reflections on how to reason about data, frameworks and independence.
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