Category Archives: Evolutionary Psychology

Today let’s look at some examples of applying the active view of models to models you may know or from life. That is, the following examples show how someone created a model specifically not what most people see when they … Continue reading →

Having seen an overview of the active view, let’s look at it in practice. Let’s take a passive view from a post a few days ago — how you perceive a dog based on your beliefs and expectations — and … Continue reading →

Actively choosing and managing your models — what I call the active view of models — changes how you experience your world. Since you only know your world through your beliefs and models, changing your models effectively changes your world. … Continue reading →

Do you think you have some great models and beliefs that no one can prove wrong? Let’s look at some examples of experts declaring things most people at the time probably agreed with. I think you’ll find many funny today. … Continue reading →

If I stress one thing about models and beliefs, I stress that they all have flaws. None are internally consistent. All contradict something in the world. To recognize that you can’t prove most of the basic ideas you hold as … Continue reading →

Today I’ll review the main points arising from simply knowing about that we create models that mediate our interactions with our worlds — what I call the passive view. Merely knowing about models passively, not what to do with them … Continue reading →

Leadership depends on understanding that other people have different models. A leader who doesn’t recognize people can have different models will create discord and confusion, as today’s example will illustrate. I draw this example from my life. After business school … Continue reading →

I tend to believe that everybody does their best according to their abilities and perception of their environment. Sure, I know counterexamples, but in general I believe that at every moment, everyone observes their surroundings and, based on their perception … Continue reading →