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Second-Order Thinking

General Thinking & Meta-Models · Howard Marks

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Considering the consequences of consequences — tracing the causal chain past the first obvious effect to anticipate downstream impacts.

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Faster Than Normal. “Second-Order Thinking Mental Model.” fasterthannormal.co/mental-models/second-order-thinking. Accessed 2026.

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