Scientific Definition
A diverse set of models from many disciplines, used together.
Plain-English Definition
A diverse set of models from many disciplines, used together.
Feynman Explanation
One model gets you misdiagnosis. Ten get you understanding.
Core Principle
A diverse set of models from many disciplines, used together.
Mechanisms
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Executive reasoning quality.
Inputs (Triggers)
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Outputs (Behaviors)
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Behavioral Signature
One model gets you misdiagnosis. Ten get you understanding.
Examples
- Munger's interdisciplinary approach.
- Executive reasoning quality.
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Famous Experiments
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Design Principles
- Add a new model from a new discipline to your latticework every month.
Measurement Approaches
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Evidence
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The Perverse Incentive Lens™
How this behavior is exploited — and how to redesign around it.
- Add a new model from a new discipline to your latticework every month.
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Interactive Mini Network
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Knowledge Graph Neighbors
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How richly interconnected your mental models are across disciplines — higher density means more cross-pollination per new fact.
Your capacity to learn, unlearn, and relearn faster than the environment changes.
Malcolm Knowles's principles of adult learning: self-direction, experience as resource, readiness, problem-centered orientation, intrinsic motivation.
Amishi Jha's research: attention is a finite, depletable, but trainable cognitive resource — short daily mindfulness measurably improves it.
Approach a situation as if you knew nothing.
Unusual or bizarre material is more memorable than common material.
Hierarchy of cognitive learning: Remember → Understand → Apply → Analyze → Evaluate → Create. Benjamin Bloom, 1956 (revised 2001).
Wallace J. Nichols: proximity to water reliably shifts the nervous system toward a calmer, more creative state.
Resourcing past memories with the state you needed at the time, so old triggers stop firing the old response.
Grouping information into familiar units to improve memory and processing.
Compressing many small patterns into one larger unit your mind treats as a single object.
Anchor a peak resourceful state to an imagined spot on the floor; step into it on demand before high-stakes moments.