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About the Course

We live in a complex world with diverse people, firms, and governments whose behaviors aggregate to produce novel, unexpected phenomena.
We see political uprisings, market crashes, and a never ending array of social trends. How do we make sense of it? Models. Evidence shows that
people who think with models consistently outperform those who don't. And, moreover people who think with lots of models outperform people
who use only one. Why do models make us better thinkers? Models help us to better organize information - to make sense of that fire hose or
hairball of data (choose your metaphor) available on the Internet. Models improve our abilities to make accurate forecasts. T...
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Top reviews

GK

Feb 24, 2017

Great content and lectures, that possibly provides new dimensions to look/explain the situation in context, I guess I will comeback for references to continue with this journey in to 'Model Thinking'

AA

Nov 23, 2020

very informative and insightful on how to use the various models at our disposal to take optimal decision. Also, was nostalgic to go back in time where these models were part of my university degree.

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By Andrew S T

Jun 1, 2020

It has been an absolute delight and opened up my mind regarding day to day phenomenons.

By Nolan C

May 15, 2019

Great course. Super interesting from start to finish with excellent real-world examples.

By Thomas M

Nov 6, 2019

Super entertaining and so necessary for critical thinking in an information rich world!

By OJIJO W

Jul 4, 2019

great source of knowledge in models and how they can be used in real problem scenarios.

By KD H

Mar 5, 2019

Great content, well explained, straight to the point without filler.

Excellent teacher.

By Zeb S

Jun 14, 2021

An excellent course, clear instruction, interesting material, and the pace is perfect.

By halil k

Nov 8, 2020

Thank you Scott for this course. I hope some other follow-up courses shall continue.

By Milind G

Dec 19, 2018

Excellent Teaching and Good content for getting an introduction for Model Thinking.

By Aleksandr K

Nov 30, 2022

Dear Mr. Scott! Thank you for this great opportunity to be an intelligent citizen!

By Markus M

May 31, 2021

This is an amazing guide to various areas of modeling lead by a qualified teacher.

By Fahad A H

Jun 22, 2016

It's very interesting course. I'm learning new things that were not noticed before

By Nisheed K M

Jun 21, 2020

Helps you think with clarity while approaching a problem at work or in real life.

By Danilo M F

Jun 3, 2017

Excellent professor, meaningful insights and great course! Extremely recommended!

By Gareth H

Oct 8, 2020

Excellent course material, engaging course lecturer and lots of further reading

By Brad P

Oct 15, 2018

Great course! I love it so much. thanks for all the hard work done by the team.

By Kudzani P

Jun 22, 2022

Amazing course, it re-introduced me to deliberate intelligent thinking process

By Huazhen M G

Feb 28, 2024

it's very interesting course and it really made me a better clearer thinker!

By Sergey L

Jul 19, 2020

It's an amazing course that explains different ways to understand the world.

By Oscar J D R

Jan 23, 2016

It offers excellent tools so as to understand networks, totally recommended.

By Zhanwen.Han

Aug 29, 2016

very good for beginner. if speaking speed can slow a little, will be nicer!

By Alfonso P

Jun 8, 2021

Excellent course, great material, and excellent teacher! Very recommended.

By Jaloliddin R

Oct 15, 2020

Great course! I learn a lot of new theories and ways of interpreting data.

By Wade A

Mar 5, 2020

Fascinating course. Worth every penny paid and every minute devoted to it.

By 米建

Feb 5, 2016

this is a excellent course that helps you inproving your thinking quality.

By miguel b

Jul 12, 2017

I really love how this course covers this interesting and useful subject.