ReadGlobe Original
ReadGlobe Originals
A ReadGlobe Original is a piece we built from the ground up — our own synthesis or research, sourced and checked, and found nowhere else. Not a reference entry, not a rehash: the mark means the thinking is ours.
Data report
The State of Thinking 2026
The most-referenced mental models and cognitive biases, measured — not voted: cross-reference rankings across 148 ideas, 46 comparisons, 18 hubs and 24 books. Free to cite (CC BY 4.0).
Word origins
Where the word “marriage” comes from
The word for marriage was built from a different idea in every language — Latin “to make a husband,” a Dutch household and its feast, a Russian root meaning “to take.” A sourced etymology across three languages.
The whole reference is original synthesis too — start with the mental models for real work or the biases in real situations.