Men Tell Models

When someone wrongs you, it's usually not because they want to hurt you -- it's because they were being stupid. At least, that's the premise of "Hanlon's Razor", and your hosts unpack this mental model in episode ten of "Men Tell Models".

In this episode, Arvind and Rohit talk about why the simplest explanation for something is the most likely explanation — but why it's equally important not to assume it's always the right explanation. Occam's Razor: it's not your grandpappy's razor!

In Men Tell Models, we talk a lot about modeling different parts of life as a system. But what happens if a particular part of that system goes to zero? And what can we do to prepare for this? Arvind and Rohit talk about multiplying by zero, personal and professional implications, and experiment with speaking their metadata out loud. This is the end of the summary.

What should our response be when things go really well... or, not so well? In this episode, Arvind and Rohit discuss "Regression to the Mean", how it can help us focus on what we really control (our efforts, and our baseline) and why Rohit might want to not give up on his bowling career.

The internet has fundamentally disrupted the way we do business. But how, exactly? And what does this have to with Black Holes and Encanto? Well, not much, but Arvind and Rohit manage to find a connection along the way while unpacking Ben Thompson's outstanding "Aggregation Theory" of Internet commerce.