Thinking Better

认知升级

This path addresses one concrete question: why do intelligent people make bad judgments? The answer is not intelligence, but whether you own a set of thinking devices you can reuse.

  1. Level 01

    Two Systems of Mind

    Intuition is fast and cheap; reasoning is slow and lazy. Start by seeing your own defaults.

    Thinking, Fast and Slow 《思考,快与慢》 Daniel Kahneman · 2011
  2. Level 02

    Identify Noise and Bias

    Bias is systematic error in one direction; noise is random scatter. Both need treatment.

    Noise: A Flaw in Human Judgment 《噪声》 Daniel Kahneman · 2021
  3. Level 03

    Understand Probability and Luck

    Separating outcome from skill is the hardest and most valuable act of detachment.

    Fooled by Randomness: The Hidden Role of Chance in Life and in the Markets 《随机漫步的傻瓜》 Nassim Nicholas Taleb · 2001
  4. Level 04
  5. Level 05

    Think in Systems

    When a problem keeps recurring, it is usually the structure, not the people.

    Thinking in Systems: A Primer 《系统之美:决策者的系统思考》 Donella Meadows · 2008
  6. Level 06

    Gain from Uncertainty

    The endpoint is not predicting the future but arranging to benefit whichever future arrives.

    Antifragile: Things That Gain from Disorder 《反脆弱:从不确定性中获益》 Nassim Nicholas Taleb · 2012

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