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Another free course: Model Thinking

by corey on 11/29/11, 2:54 AM with 22 comments

• by itmag on 11/29/11, 6:26 AM

  What are some more... unconventional classes HNers would be interested in taking?

  Internet marketing?

  Better thinking? Something like this: http://news.ycombinator.org/item?id=3285535

  Optimizing communications with the opposite sex if male?

  Language hacking? Aka learning languages faster/smarter.

  Study hacking? Ie optimizing college, or autodidactic pursuits.

  Give me some tips on stuff you would like to learn via an online class.

• by Vivtek on 11/29/11, 4:16 AM

  Clearly, this is a plot to prevent me from getting anything done.

• by donald_draper on 11/29/11, 5:57 AM

  For the future, it would be really cool if those courses would feature one preview lecture and a schedule to decide if one wants to get into it or not - now that it's getting so broad.

• by corey on 11/29/11, 3:03 AM

  The instructor is actually from University of Michigan, so it appears that this phenomenon is spreading.

• by melling on 11/29/11, 5:56 AM

  Time for a HN spreadsheet for all the classes?

• by pault on 11/29/11, 5:19 AM

  I just spent several hours today digging through Poor Charlie's Almanack trying to build a more complete understanding of his mental models. You always hear references to them, but I have yet to find a list of them in one place. Not unlike the Colonel's eleven herbs and spices. What great timing.

• by steveeq1 on 11/29/11, 5:28 PM

  Scott Page who is the guy who is giving this class wrote an excellent book called "The Difference: How the Power of Diversity Creates Better Groups, Firms, Schools, and Societies": http://tinyurl.com/cbv2pm9

  Certain types of mental models are covered in the book, but not in a concentrated way. The book was also highly recommend in one of Nassim Taleb's books (I think it was "The Black Swan").