How to Think and Choose. A Visual Guide for the Mind in Infographics from the series “What They Don’t Teach in School” for Children and Teenagers

Having received a mind and its abilities from birth, we rarely think about how it works. There are no instructions given for it, and there is no subject in school that teaches how to use it. Yet your mind is... the most valuable tool you possess. The thinking processes that occur in it allow you to perceive reality, analyze information, make decisions, and take action.
 
You can imagine the mind as a black box: information enters it, it processes and transforms it, and the output is a result — a decision.
 
In this book, we analyze each of the stages:
 
• Principles of the black box's operation: thinking, its types (critical, systemic, analytical, etc.), super abilities, traps, and mental models.
 
• How to manage incoming information: to receive what you need, not drown in the ocean of information, but rather to set up a helpful stream.
 
• How to create results: how to tune your thinking to produce optimal solutions and what types of solutions there are in general.
 
The operation of this black box is a peculiar cycle that repeats over and over: information — thinking — decision. Understanding it and being able to manage it is one of the most important skills of the digital age.
 
Do you need such a skill? It’s up to you to decide!
 
This book has little text but a lot of meaning.
 
It talks about serious matters but does so in an interesting and engaging way. It contains many illustrations that will help you better remember what you read. It also has questions for reflection and a section “What’s Next?”, in which we have gathered interesting books and videos to give you the opportunity to delve deeper into the topic.