Shane Parrish · Farnam Street · 2016
Second-Order Thinking
Second-order thinking is a mental model that smart people like Warren Buffett & Howard Marks use to avoid problems. Read this article to learn how it works.
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Extends decisions beyond their immediate payoff by asking what consequences follow after the first visible result.
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