Mental Models
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1 min readNov 23, 2015
I’m just going to dump this list of concepts / mental models I use frequently here. I’ll update them every once in a while.
- Exploration vs exploitation
- Precision vs recall
- Basis (like of a vector space)
- Unmoved mover
- Phronesis
- Maximizing utility
- BFS / DFS
- Agrippa’s Trilemna
- Diminishing returns
- Lazy evaluation
- Bayesian inference
- Activation energy
- Inertia
- Learning rates
- 80–20 rule
- Emergent properties
- Feedback loops
- Diminishing returns
- Greedy algorithms
- Nested subsets
- Gradient descent
- MDPs
- Graph search
- Decision trees
- Bottom up vs top down
- Discriminative vs generative
- Mixture models
- Transaction costs
- MVP (minimum viable product)
- Paradox of choice
- Placebos
- Topic models
- Karma
- Heuristic search
- Scripts
- Vertical vs lateral thinking
- System 1 vs System 2
- Cue, Habit, Reward
- Event loops
- Reinforcement learning (both from AI/psychology perspective)
