{"id":10527,"date":"2019-08-01T02:07:09","date_gmt":"2019-08-01T10:07:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.scotthyoung.com\/blog\/?page_id=10527"},"modified":"2022-08-08T07:28:26","modified_gmt":"2022-08-08T15:28:26","slug":"the-best-articles-on-thinking-better","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.scotthyoung.com\/blog\/the-best-articles-on-thinking-better\/","title":{"rendered":"The Best Articles on Thinking Better"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The 5 Best Articles on Thinking Better<\/h2>\n

Here are the five best essays I’ve written to help you think better in your life:<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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  1. How to Improve Critical Thinking<\/a> Hint: Just learning about mental models, rationality or taking a logic class won’t help much.<\/span><\/li>\n
  2. Unraveling the Engima of Reason<\/a> I cover one of my favorite books, explaining how human reason works, and why this has big implications on how we think about ourselves.<\/span><\/li>\n
  3. Twenty-Five Useful Thinking Tools<\/a> Thinking of professions as mindsets you can cultivate to solve your problems.<\/span><\/li>\n
  4. The Art of Unlearning<\/a> To think better, we must first unlearn all the things we think about the world that just ain’t so.<\/span><\/li>\n
  5. Explore or Exploit: The Hidden Decision that Guides Your Life<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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    Useful Mental Models<\/h2>\n

    Some ideas are so powerful that, once you learn them, you start to see them everywhere. My series on useful mental models includes many of these patterns, shows you how to use them and also how to avoid applying them to situations where they don’t fit:<\/p>\n

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