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Mental models, decoded from real events
See the hidden forces behind the events that shaped the world — and build a mind that spots them everywhere.
The fitness landscape reveals why optimization is often the enemy of adaptation — any system that hill-climbs to a local peak becomes trapped by its own success, unable to reach higher peaks without first accepting decline. The deepest insight is that the landscape itself is constantly shifting due to competition and environmental change, meaning yesterday's peak can become tomorrow's valley. Organizations and organisms that maintain some 'productive inefficiency' — exploration, slack, diversity — survive landscape shifts that destroy their perfectly optimized competitors.
See the hidden forces behind the events that shaped the world — and build a mind that spots them everywhere.