Intuitions are quick and convincing, and often get the job done. But not always, and when they’re wrong, we need to know about it.
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Mental shortcuts are features, not flaws. Biases are rules being used out of context. How can we avoid the pitfalls and make more rational decisions?
Sometimes the role of design is to be invisible. Not literally, but in that it should be so easy to process that instinct alone can guide people. Everything should be so clear and obvious that…
Is it good to think you’re better than you are? By most accounts, confidence is a positive characteristic. It convinces people to trust you, motivates you towards big goals, and is for the most part…
There are two ways you can judge something as true or false: do the work and figure it out for yourself, or let your gut tell you. Putting in the effort to examine an argument…
Video from Vox. People love labels and categories. While this preference does help to take a load off the brain, it can lead to stereotyping and first impressions that mislead and mislabel people—including ourselves. It…
There are many decisions we make in split seconds. Decisions that require no cognitive effort, no thought, no awareness. Where does the observation that you like this piece of music come from? How long did…
Thinking Fast and Slow, by Daniel Kahneman, is a good book. Thinking fast, or System 1 as he calls it, is your intuition. It’s quick, resourceful, and prone to mistakes which we often call biases.…