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Poor Ash's Almanack: The Latticework of Mental Models

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A show about how to think better in the age of AI. Each episode explores a mental model: timeless ideas from psychology, economics, biology, and philosophy. These sharpen reasoning and decision-making. As AI accelerates information overload, human judgment has never been more valuable. We connect classic models to modern challenges so you can think clearly, act wisely, and stay grounded amid the noise.

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Nature vs. Nurture and Luxury Beliefs: A Mental Model with Complex Feedback Loops 04.11.2025 41:49

This episode explores the Nature vs. Nurture mental model , revealing it's not a simple "versus" but intead a complex, dynamic feedback loop. Biology sets the base-rate possibilities for our traits, while our environment, culture, and agency steer the final outcome. But what happens when ideology causes us to ignore this fundamental balance? We get Luxury Beliefs : status-enhancing i...

The Biggest Flame: Understanding and Solving the Attention Crisis In The Age of AI (Attention / Focus Mental Model) 27.10.2025 27:05

Focus / Attention / Creativity & Lateral Thinking Mental Model (incl. AI vs Humans)Attention is the ultimate currency of the modern world. Dive into the "Focus / Attention Mental Model (incl. AI vs Humans)" and discover why our ability to focus—described as the "biggest flame" in our lives today—is in a state of crisis. This deep dive explores how attention, the selective allocation of limited...

Multidisciplinary Rationality: An Intro to Mental Models 16.10.2025 34:30

Welcome to the podcast on Multidisciplinary Rationality and Mental Models , where we explore how to make meaningfully more effective decisions by understanding the most important and timeless concepts underlying reality. In an age defined by the explosion of artificial intelligence , refining our human judgment with the right mental models is more critical than ever. We draw inspiration from the l...