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Relativity
Fat-Tailed Processes
Reciprocity
Thermodynamics
Inertia
Friction and Viscosity
Velocity
Leverage
Activation Energy
Catalysts
Allyoing
Natural Selection & Extinction
Ecosystems
Niches
Self-Preservation
Replication
Cooperation
Hierarchical Organization
Tendency to Minimize Energy Output (Mental, Physical)
Homeostasis & Equilibrium
Scale
Law of Diminishing Returns
Churn
Preferential Attachment (Cumulative Advantage)
Irreducibility
Margin of Safety and Backup Systems
Algorithms
Criticality
Emergence
Distributions
Compounding
Law of Large Numbers
Algebraic Equivalence
Randomness
Surface Area
Global and Local Maxima
Oppportunity Costs
Creative Destruction
Specialization (Pin Factory)
Seizing the Middle
Trademarks, Patents, Copyrights
Double-Entry Bookkeeping
Utility (Marginal, Diminishing, Increasing)
Bribery
Arbitrage
Scarcity
Seeing the Front
Asymmetric Warfare
Two-Front War
Trust
Bias from Incentives
Pavlovian Association
Tendency to Feel Envy & Jealousy
Tendency to Distort Due to Liking/Loving/Dislike/Hating
Denial
Biases
Representativeness Bias
Tendency to Stereotypes
Failure to see False Conjunctions
Instincts
Curiosity Instinct
First-Conclusion Bias
Relative Satisfaction / Misery Tendencies
Influence of Stress (+ Breaking Points)
Anchoring ⚓
Sunk Cost
Mental models are heuristics that aim to simplify the world around us and help us navigate it