Thinking in Systems and Mental Models: Why We Misdiagnose Reality — Hidden Feedback Loops
Welcome to Crisis in Perception, where we examine the systems shaping our world.
This episode explores Thinking in Systems and Mental Models by Marcus P. Dawson as a systems-level analysis of cognitive systems, perception, and decision-making.
The discussion examines how mental models shape what people notice, what they ignore, and why complex problems are often approached through symptom management rather than root-cause analysis.
Topics include feedback loops, systemic delays, perceptual filtering, cognitive biases, second-order thinking, and the structural limitations of human perception…
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