The Mind Collection Newsletter

#219: Dancing with Uncertainty, the Fallacy of Equal Knowledge & the Ignorance Paradox

3 Ideas in 2 Minutes on Dealing with Ignorance

Oct 8

7

#218: Idiot Plot, (Contractual) Genre Blindness & the Hardest Job

3 Ideas in 2 Minutes on Writing Fails

Oct 1

7

September 2025

#217: Absence of Evidence, Negativity Bias & Russell's Teapot

3 Ideas in 2 Minutes on Lacking Evidence

Sep 24

5

#216: Miracle Razor, Doublethink & Cognitive Dissonance

3 Ideas in 2 Minutes on Cognitive Dissonance

Sep 17

9

#215: Hype Cycle, Osborne Effect & the Black Ball Hypothesis

3 Ideas in 2 Minutes on Thinking About Innovation

Sep 10

5

#214: Leon's Paradox, Charlie’s Iron Prescription & Marcus’ Ultima Ratio

3 Ideas in 2 Minutes on Stories We Tell Ourselves

Sep 3

6

August 2025

#213: Analytic Spectrum, Pareto Efficiency Analysis & Paralysis by Analysis

3 Ideas in 2 Minutes on (Over)Analysing

Aug 27

5

#212: Selective Laziness, Ultracrepidarian & the Origin of Opinions

3 Ideas in 2 Minutes on Thinking about Opinions

Aug 20

6

#211: Fear of Failure, Upward Failure & the Dignity of Risk-Taking

3 Ideas in 2 Minutes on the Fear of Failure

Aug 13

4

#210: Gift of Wrongness, Popper's Falsifiability Principle & Self-Defeating Prophecies

3 Ideas in 2 Minutes on the Gift of Being Wrong

Aug 6

8

1

July 2025

#209: The Tell Tale, Reid Technique & Bait Question

3 Ideas in 2 Minutes on Interrogation Secrets

Jul 30

6

2

#208: Words Like Snow, Pseudo-Profound Bullshit & Pointless Platitudes

3 Ideas in 2 Minutes on Meaningless Drivel

Jul 23

6