The books behind the ideas
The definitive books on mental models, cognitive biases, decision-making, investing and philosophy — each with a clear summary of what it teaches and the ideas inside it.
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The definitive account of how the mind decides — and misfires.
Six psychological triggers that make people say yes—and how to resist them.
The rare, unpredictable event runs the world — and we never see it coming.
Some things break under stress; others need it to grow stronger.
Never trust advice from someone who pays no price for being wrong.
Why the winners we admire are often just the ones luck spared.
Charlie Munger's cross-disciplinary mental models for sounder, failure-proof judgment.
Buy value below price, ignore Mr. Market, keep a margin of safety.
Money is a behavior problem, not a math problem.
Judge the decision, not the outcome the dice delivered.
Why most predictions fail, and how the good ones work.
Beat the crowd by thinking one level deeper.
Most of what matters comes from a small, findable few.
How ordinary companies became exceptional through discipline, not dramatic reinvention.
How cooperation survives among rivals when the future keeps them meeting again.
Why sex evolved, and how it shaped human nature.
The fighter pilot whose OODA loop taught the world to win on tempo.
A Roman emperor's private handbook for staying calm and acting well.
The ancient case that yielding, not forcing, is the truest strength.
God is dead; now become who you are.
Jung's own guided introduction to dreams, archetypes, and the unconscious mind.
Plato's blueprint for the just soul, the just city, and true knowledge.
How a café circle turned freedom into a way of living.
Munger's mental models and the biases that quietly wreck decisions.