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40 Concepts You Should Know

Saw this from Twitter. While the author does not approve of all the concepts, he does find them thought provoking, as do I.

The list of 40 topics with description:

  1. Abstraction
  2. Scope Neglect
  3. The Law of Very Large Numbers
  4. Benford’s Law
  5. Brandolini’s Law
  6. The Toxoplasma of Rage
  7. Network Effect
  8. Paradox of Abundance
  9. Parkinson’s Law
  10. Flow States
  11. The Curse of Knowledge
  12. Status Quo Bias
  13. Semmelweis Reflex
  14. Plank’s Principle
  15. Bias Against Null Results
  16. P-hacking
  17. Replication Crisis
  18. Luxury Beliefs
  19. Bulverism
  20. Scout Mindset
  21. Operation Mindfuck
  22. Hitchens’ Razor
  23. Decision Fatigue
  24. Cumulative Culture
  25. Chesterton’s Fence
  26. The Veil of Ignorance
  27. Tragedy of the Commons
  28. Purposeful Stupidity
  29. Mediocracy
  30. The Messiah Effect
  31. Futarchy
  32. Network States
  33. The Immortality Project
  34. Mimetic Desire
  35. Hedonic Treadmill
  36. Boltzmann Brain
  37. Simulation Hypothesis
  38. The Great Temptation
  39. Hypernovelty
  40. The Hinge of History