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Worldly Wisdom Mental Model Lattice

Li Lu's Recommended Reading List·139 Books → 18 Models

18 interdisciplinary mental models distilled from Li Lu's 139 recommended books, spanning epistemology, evolution, institutional economics, behavioral psychology, value investing, and the history of civilization. Includes an 8-step decision framework.

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The Psychology of Human Misjudgment

Charlie Munger·25 Cognitive Biases

Munger's classic Harvard Law School talk distilled into 25 psychological misjudgment tendencies — the complete list of cognitive traps every investor and decision-maker must recognize and overcome.

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Principles as Decision Machines

Ray Dalio · Principles·1 Book → Core Framework

Dalio's core operating system: radical transparency, systematized decision-making, believability-weighted opinions. A reusable organizational decision framework distilled from Bridgewater's practices.

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Capital Allocation from Buffett's Letters

Warren Buffett · Annual Letters·50+ Years of Letters

A capital allocation decision framework extracted from Buffett's shareholder letters: when to buy back, when to distribute, when to acquire, when to hold cash — and the judgment criteria behind each decision.

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Strategic Inflection Points

Andy Grove · Only the Paranoid Survive·1 Book → Detection Framework

Grove's framework for identifying strategic inflection points: signals of 10x change, overcoming organizational inertia, and a methodology for making the right decisions amid chaos.

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YC First Principles of Startups

Y Combinator Podcast Collection·100+ Episodes Synthesized

First principles of startups distilled from YC founder interviews: criteria for judging PMF, fundraising timing, team building, and the logic behind 'doing things that don't scale'.

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