Upgrade Your Brain's Software: A 7-Day Guide to Mental Models

Day 1 is your foundational model: seeing the world as a set of interconnected systems. Before you can fix any problem, you have to understand its underlying structure. This book is the essential starting point for moving beyond simple, linear thinking.

After learning to see the world as a system yesterday, today we learn the logic that governs many systems. This book brilliantly applies computer science algorithms to everyday life. It's a toolkit of mental models for making optimal decisions.

Now that you can think in algorithms, it's time to add a dose of reality: uncertainty. This book is a crucial mental model for separating decision quality from outcomes. It teaches you to think in probabilities, which is essential for any complex system.

With the probabilistic mindset from Thinking in Bets, this book gives you the science to improve it. It's a deep dive into the habits of mind of 'superforecasters'—people who are demonstrably good at predicting the future. It's how you sharpen your new skills.

After honing your Superforecasting skills, it's time for a vital lesson in humility. This book is a powerful mental model about the limits of prediction. It forces you to confront the massive impact of rare, unpredictable events that no model can foresee.

Yesterday's Black Swan showed you the problem of unpredictable chaos. Today, Antifragile gives you the solution. This is the mental model for building systems—in your life, career, and finances—that don't just resist shocks, but actually get stronger from them.

For our finale, we learn the meta-model that holds it all together. After a week of collecting frameworks, this book teaches you the most important thing: the right attitude. A 'scout mindset' is about curiosity and truth-seeking, ensuring you use all your new models wisely.