Curriculum · 7 concepts
Better Decisions
Most poor decisions aren't caused by stupidity but by predictable blind spots — this path removes them one at a time. Opportunity Cost teaches you to see what you're giving up every time you choose. Regret Minimization stress-tests choices against your future self's perspective. Reversible vs Irreversible Decisions shows which choices deserve agonizing and which deserve speed. Satisficing vs Maximizing explains why 'good enough' often beats 'perfect.' Second-Order Thinking pushes you past the obvious first consequence. Base Rates corrects your intuitions with statistical reality. And Ergodicity reveals why strategies that work on average can still ruin you personally.
- Opportunity Cost
Resource Allocation Blindspot
You chose the safe option, and only later realized the real cost was every better alternative you silently forfeited.
- Regret Minimization
Long-Horizon Decision Rule
A major life decision has been deadlocked for weeks, and the primary obstacle is fear rather than evidence.
- Reversible vs. Irreversible Decisions
Decision Reversibility Classifier
You have spent a week researching a choice you could simply try, undo, and try differently tomorrow.
- Satisficing vs. Maximizing
Decision Framework
You have already found a laptop that meets every requirement on your list, and you are about to open a fifteenth browser tab to keep comparing.
- Second-Order Thinking
Consequence Chain Analysis
The solution is obvious, everyone agrees it will work, and nobody has asked what happens two steps later.
- Base Rates
Population Frequency Anchor
Your confidence in this plan keeps rising with each vivid detail, but you haven't asked how often such plans succeed.
- Ergodicity
Statistical Path Dependence
The expected return looks excellent — but you only get one sequence of outcomes, not the average across parallel lives.