About Misconcepts

Misconcepts is a framework for life built on Critical Rationalism, our best theory of what knowledge is and how it grows. David Wang and Syn Yun Phee introduced the term misconcepts to describe the explanations we hold about how the world works, synonymous with mental models but named deliberately to acknowledge their fallibility. Unlike a misconception, a misconcept is not necessarily wrong, but it is always subject to improvement.

Every life is the compounding result of decisions made using imperfect misconcepts. Improve the misconcepts behind those decisions, and what follows improves with them. A life trajectory changes not through a single dramatic choice, but through a billion ordinary ones made with better misconcepts.

For you

Our mission is to help you get the highest return from your finite life resources by building fit-for-purpose misconcepts. Better misconcepts lead to better opportunity cost decisions given your arbitrary life goals, allowing you to compound towards your own definition of a good life.

For society

As individuals make better decisions, demand shifts away from the exploitation of default misconcepts and towards real value. Markets adapt, allowing resources to flow towards solving better problems, which in turn leads to better outcomes for both individuals and society at large.