How to think when intuition is useful, evidence is incomplete, and failure has structure. Decision tools share space with skepticism, cognitive maps, tempo, and the discipline of noticing one's own model.
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Tempo
About the bookVenkatesh Rao's Tempo is a collection of essays that explores how the timing, rhythm, and flow of events influence decision-making in complex systems. Rather than treating time as a sim…
9/10Intelligence : RationalityThe Demon-Haunted World
About the bookCarl Sagan’s classic defense of scientific reasoning serves as a practical guide to distinguishing evidence-based truth from the seductive allure of pseudoscience. Casting a wide net ac…
8/10Intelligence : RationalityMap and Territory
About the bookEliezer Yudkowsky’s *Map and Territory* is a collection of essays and blog posts that distill the core principles of the rationalist movement. The text argues for the importance of epis…
8/10Intelligence : RationalityThe Decision Book
About the bookThis visual guide distills fifty decision-making models and heuristics commonly taught in business schools and applied in strategic planning. Through a series of concise, illustrated vi…
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| Map and Territory | Eliezer Yudkowsky | 2018 | 8 | Read | → |
| Tempo | Venkatesh Rao | 2011 | 9 | Read | → |
| The Art of Doing Science and Engineering: Learning to Learn | Richard W. Hamming | 1997 | — | Unread | → |
| The Decision Book | Mikael Krogerus & Roman Tschäppeler | 2010 | 8 | Read | → |
| The Demon-Haunted World | Carl Sagan | 1995 | 9 | Read | → |
| The Game of Logic | Lewis Carroll | 1886 | 2.5 | Read | → |
| The Logic of Failure | Dietrich Dörner | 1989 | 8 | Read | → |
| The Norm Chronicles | Michael Blastland & David Spiegelhalter | 2013 | 6 | Read | → |
