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What idea do you think society is wrong about?
Here's mine: Cognitive biases are actually superpowers.
9 examples:
Here's mine: Cognitive biases are actually superpowers.
9 examples:
My problem with the term "Cognitive Bias":
1. It's pessimistic - It assumes humans are stupid. Actually, we're the only thing in the universe we're aware of with consciousness
2. It's low agency - It assumes cognitive biases use you. Rather than tools to be used.
Let's go...
1. It's pessimistic - It assumes humans are stupid. Actually, we're the only thing in the universe we're aware of with consciousness
2. It's low agency - It assumes cognitive biases use you. Rather than tools to be used.
Let's go...
1. Impostor Syndrome - Individuals doubts their skills and have a fear of being exposed as a fraud.
Cognitive Superpower: Good news... You have defeated complacency syndrome.
Cognitive Superpower: Good news... You have defeated complacency syndrome.
2. Planning Fallacy - Projects will take 2x the length of time you planned for.
Cognitive Superpower: Set ridiculous deadlines 2x faster than you actually want. If planning fallacy kicks in, you'll hit the time you were happy with.
Cognitive Superpower: Set ridiculous deadlines 2x faster than you actually want. If planning fallacy kicks in, you'll hit the time you were happy with.
3. Loss Aversion - The pain of loss is 2x the pleasure of gain.
Cognitive Superpower: Bet money with friends on positive habits you want to create. Stack monetary and social pain in your favour.
Cognitive Superpower: Bet money with friends on positive habits you want to create. Stack monetary and social pain in your favour.
4. Hedonic Treadmill - You will get used to the life you used to dream of.
Cognitive Superpower: The treadmill has multiple settings. Visit a hospital ward. A graveyard. A homeless shelter. You will then contrast your beautiful life against it.
Cognitive Superpower: The treadmill has multiple settings. Visit a hospital ward. A graveyard. A homeless shelter. You will then contrast your beautiful life against it.
5. The Spotlight Effect - We overestimate how much people are paying attention to us.
Cognitive Superpower: Other people are too busy worrying what you're thinking about them to have time to have an opinion on you.
Cognitive Superpower: Other people are too busy worrying what you're thinking about them to have time to have an opinion on you.
6. Mimetic Desire - All your desires are just mimicking the people around you.
Cognitive Superpower: Hang out with people whose desires and lifestyles you want to want.
Cognitive Superpower: Hang out with people whose desires and lifestyles you want to want.
7. Identity Bias - You will bend reality to align with your identity.
Cognitive Superpower: Identity publicly as a person with a small identity. Identity bias will cause you to live up to it.
Cognitive Superpower: Identity publicly as a person with a small identity. Identity bias will cause you to live up to it.
8. Environment Bias - People overestimate will power and underestimate their environment.
Cognitive Superpower: Use will power to create environments. You then transform your will power into an asset (repeat future value) vs liabilities (one-off transactions)
Cognitive Superpower: Use will power to create environments. You then transform your will power into an asset (repeat future value) vs liabilities (one-off transactions)
9. Present Day Bias - People think this is the first present day that we won't look back with cringe and horror 100 years from now.
Cognitive Superpower: Good news: The best ideas of the future still haven't been invented yet. It's a blue ocean for first principles thinkers.
Cognitive Superpower: Good news: The best ideas of the future still haven't been invented yet. It's a blue ocean for first principles thinkers.
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