June · 2023
Thinking with English Books
The Gist
June 用 The Great Mental Models 两册书搭建跨学科思考工具箱。前五天从地图、第一性原理、二阶思维和 Hanlon's Razor 入手；之后进入物理、化学、生物和系统中的模型。
这些概念不是待背的术语。课程反复把惯性、摩擦、杠杆、适应、生态位、层级和激励放回学习、工作与关系，通过多个视角减少盲点，并提醒自己：模型只是地图，现实永远比地图复杂。
- 模型是地图，不是现实；任何结论都要保留校准和切换视角的空间。
- 从第一性原理拆前提，再用二阶思维追踪一个决定之后的连锁结果。
- 用惯性、摩擦、速度、杠杆和启动能量重新设计学习与行动。
- 适应、生态位、合作和层级提醒我们：个体始终嵌在环境与系统中。
- 检查激励比猜动机更可靠；好的工具箱帮助提问，而不是替你自动回答。
Xiaoetong course guide
Replay Timeline
General Thinking Tools
5 sessionsPhysics & Chemistry
5 sessionsBiology & Systems
5 sessions- Day 11Adaptation and Exaptation：环境塑造选择，旧能力也能找到新用途72 min Replay
- Day 12Ecosystems and Niches：从关系网络与生态位理解竞争和共存69 min Replay
- Day 13Self-Preservation and Replication：系统如何保存自己并延续模式76 min Replay
- Day 14Cooperation and Hierarchy：规模、协作与层级各自解决什么问题66 min Replay
- Day 15Incentives and MEI：用激励与最小能量原则完成两册复盘62 min Replay
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Core reading
2 filesLesson handouts
17 files预习版(optional) - Material40 pages · 3 MBMaps are not Territories - Material51 pages · 8 MBFirst Principles Thinking - Material53 pages · 8 MBSecond-Order Thinking - Material59 pages · 11 MBHanlon's Razor - Material53 pages · 5 MBReality is negotiable - Material40 pages · 5 MBGive and Take - Material56 pages · 6 MBInertia and Friction - Material43 pages · 6 MBVelocity and Leverage - Material46 pages · 7 MBActivation Energy - Material 0254 pages · 10 MBActivation Energy - Material54 pages · 10 MBAdaptation and Exaptation - Material 0255 pages · 4 MBAdaptation and Exaptation - Material55 pages · 2 MBEcosystem and Niches - Material46 pages · 3 MBSelf-Preservation and Replication - Material46 pages · 5 MBCooperation and Hierarchy - Material39 pages · 1 MBIncentives and MEI - Material43 pages · 5 MB
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