Abstract ideas are lenses are mental models

abstract ideas, lenses, and mental models are all different views of the same concept. This is because all three of these are abstract ideas used to explain another idea.

Effectively, they are all metaphors used to explain a similar concept.

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• Understanding concrete ideas is easier than understanding abstract ideas
  • Abstract ideas are lenses are mental models - they're the same thing. A way of generalising a pattern we have recognised. This means it is still important to be aware of the lens you are using.