Mental Models

Jos Benschop is the VP of technology at ASML. He leads the team that are working to continue the promise of Moore’s Law in Semiconductors.

Nicholas Shaxson, a world leading voice on Tax Havens, speaks with me on the podcast about the Pandora Papers leak and their implications.

Christian Busch Serendipity is the author of ‘The Serendipity Mindset’ – he joined me to discuss his work along with the world of serendipity

The precautionary principle is the distinction between harm and ruin. Another amazing takeaway from Nassim Taleb

What is ergodicity? This is ergodicity simply explained, without the psychics and mathematical jargon… I hope.

The Minority Rule is one of Taleb’s most insightful discoveries from Skin In The Game. Why is all meat halal in the UK? Minority rule.

Matthew Dicks is the author of ‘Storyworthy’ and 50-time Moth Storyslam champion and 6-time grand champion.

Alex Soojung-Kim Pang is the author of Rest and Shorter and guest #38 on A Curious Worldview. In this podcast we re-consider productivity.

Open Letter To Tim Ferriss – Mentor To Millions. Tim Ferriss has had a big influence, as you know, here is a short explanation how.

Was Covid-19 a Black Swan? Nassim Taleb seems to think not. What evidence is there for this? Check out this article to learn.

Wittggenstein’s Ruler tests whether you are being fooled by the authority of your measuring stick. Another concept of Nassim Taleb.

A new and different theory of consciousness. The consequence of too many mint tea’s alongside Germany’s biggest hippy.

Nassim Taleb’s Ludig Fallacy explained. Models are only worth a damn when all variables can be accounted for.

Angus Fletcher joined me on my podcast ‘A Curious Worldview’ for episode #27 to speak about his wonderful book ‘Wonderworks’

I interviewed Chris Williamson, the host of one of the worlds most inquisitive podcasts. #26 of a ‘Curious Worldview’ with Chris Williamson.

Explaining Nietzsche’s slave morality. What is slave morality and where did it come from? Modernity versus the Ancients.

The Thucydides Trap explains the shifting dynamic between a sitting superpower and it’s incumbent. Is war inevitable?

These Are 7 Mental Models To Understand Why Some People Behave The Way They Do & To Understand Complexity In The World. These are 7 Mental Models to understand both the people and the world. Mental Models play background quarterback to your life. They are the inner voice you cannot hear, but you listen to …

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These are 5 Mental Models for risk, uncertainty and randomness. Try cut through the noise and complexity with these!

Economists operate according to an organised, methodical and mathematic method. These are 5 Mental Models to help you think like an economist

These are 6 Mental Models driving society. Mental Models exist all around us, it is in their application they make us smarter.

These are the 7 fundamental Mental Models that ground your life. Mental Models are important for understanding the world.

A framework for fulfilment and the venn diagram to riches. How can you ensure the opportunity to follow your bliss?

Antidepressants & Antifragile. This article offers you a prism to view antidepressants through. Improve from disorder.

Aristotle’s famous secret sauce for delivering great and memorable speeches. Used by aurators around the world. Ethos, Pathos, Logos.

An introduction to Carl Jung and his wonderfully brilliant Jungian concepts. The shadow, individuation, the archetypes are more…

What are the Jungian archetypes? They are universal themes which populate our shared collective unconscious and dominate pop culture.

What is the shadow? Carl Jung tells us how the shadow can will influence over your behaviour and also the importance of integration.

What is a persona? Carl Jung defined the persona as the mask we each wear in our interactions with society. But there is more too it…

Carl Jung described the collective unconscious in his work on the psyche. Three layers are conscious, the personal and collective unconscious

What is individuation? Carl Jung said individuation is the most important psychological transformation an individual can go through.

Nassim Taleb and The Incerto are an exploration of randomness and uncertainty in a fractured world. These books will still be read 1000 years from now.

Fooled By Randomness is an exciting inquisition into the failed systems we take for granted and a proposal for how we can better navigate the world

Why did no-one predict 9/11, the Coronavirus or the GFC? It’s because we couldn’t have. Nassim Taleb in his bestseller introduces us the Black Swan.

Nassim Taleb captures the overall theme of his 5 part Incerto collection through this installment, The Bed Of Procrustes through a series of sharp aphorisms

How To Be Antifragile? Nassim Taleb introduces us to Antifragility and how it represents personal developement for many instances in life.

What does it mean to have Skin In The Game? The idea of the Nassim Taleb and Skin In The Game fundamentally measures the accountability of ones actions.

Can $75 Billion make the world a better place? Bjorn Lomborg asks this exact question, and despite popular opinion, climate change misses the cut.