Re:Ask HN: Which books teach mental models?
by Ghost_of_USSR on Monday May 13, 2019 @10:29AM
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+1 from me. Can't stop either :) But I came to the same idea while reading "Feedback systems: an introduction for scientists and engineers" by Karl Johan Åström and Richard M. Murray.
+1 on Donella Meadows. I've recommended her work here a few times. I've always had an affinity for perceiving systems, but was pretty bad at expressing my thoughts. Donella's work was fantastic for providing definition to my thought patterns and improving the way I articulate and express myself.
Re:Ask HN: Which books teach mental models?
by freddieoduks on Monday May 13, 2019 @10:06AM
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+1 I just recently read this book and i was met with gem after gem. Also made me start looking at the world in terms of feedback loops, is it a balancing, goal-seeking or reinforcing feedback loop? How tight are these feedback loops? etc. Definitely a must read!
which book?
I didn't get the name of the book
Re:Ask HN: Which books teach mental models?
by Rainymood on Thursday May 16, 2019 @01:59AM
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Thinking in Systems: A Primer by Donella Meadows
Re:Ask HN: Which books teach mental models?
by quickthrower2 on Tuesday May 14, 2019 @08:10AM
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On Amazon:
> Donella Meadows remained a pioneer of environmental and social analysis until her untimely death in 2001.
That’s sad
Once you start looking for positive and negative feedback loops in the world around you, it's hard to stop. In particular, Meadow's book is great because it also goes beyond +/- loops in isolation, and shows more complicated patterns, such as eroding goal patterns and traps that often cause public policy interventions to fail.