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Currently, I am reading The Anthology of Balaji: A Guide to Technology, Truth, and Building the Future,
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December 26, 2025 at 12:55 PM
Hello! I am new to the platform :)
Currently, I am reading The Anthology of Balaji: A Guide to Technology, Truth, and Building the Future,
Currently, I am reading The Anthology of Balaji: A Guide to Technology, Truth, and Building the Future,
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December 26, 2025 at 12:53 PM
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10. Availability Heuristic:
We judge the likelihood of an event based on how easily we can remember similar examples.
News shows plane crashes, so we fear flying, despite cars being far deadlier.
Don't mistake "memorable" for "probable."
We judge the likelihood of an event based on how easily we can remember similar examples.
News shows plane crashes, so we fear flying, despite cars being far deadlier.
Don't mistake "memorable" for "probable."
December 26, 2025 at 12:53 PM
10. Availability Heuristic:
We judge the likelihood of an event based on how easily we can remember similar examples.
News shows plane crashes, so we fear flying, despite cars being far deadlier.
Don't mistake "memorable" for "probable."
We judge the likelihood of an event based on how easily we can remember similar examples.
News shows plane crashes, so we fear flying, despite cars being far deadlier.
Don't mistake "memorable" for "probable."
9. The Framing Effect:
How you present information matters more than the information itself.
"90% fat-free" sounds healthy. "10% fat" sounds unhealthy.
Context is King.
How you present information matters more than the information itself.
"90% fat-free" sounds healthy. "10% fat" sounds unhealthy.
Context is King.
December 26, 2025 at 12:53 PM
9. The Framing Effect:
How you present information matters more than the information itself.
"90% fat-free" sounds healthy. "10% fat" sounds unhealthy.
Context is King.
How you present information matters more than the information itself.
"90% fat-free" sounds healthy. "10% fat" sounds unhealthy.
Context is King.
8. Loss Aversion:
The pain of losing is psychologically twice as powerful as the pleasure of gaining. We play not to lose, rather than playing to win.
Fear of loss keeps you stagnant.
The pain of losing is psychologically twice as powerful as the pleasure of gaining. We play not to lose, rather than playing to win.
Fear of loss keeps you stagnant.
December 26, 2025 at 12:53 PM
8. Loss Aversion:
The pain of losing is psychologically twice as powerful as the pleasure of gaining. We play not to lose, rather than playing to win.
Fear of loss keeps you stagnant.
The pain of losing is psychologically twice as powerful as the pleasure of gaining. We play not to lose, rather than playing to win.
Fear of loss keeps you stagnant.
7. The Halo Effect:
If we see one positive trait in a person, we assume they have others.
E.g: We subconsciously assume attractive people are also smarter or kinder.
Don't let a first impression blind you to reality.
If we see one positive trait in a person, we assume they have others.
E.g: We subconsciously assume attractive people are also smarter or kinder.
Don't let a first impression blind you to reality.
December 26, 2025 at 12:53 PM
7. The Halo Effect:
If we see one positive trait in a person, we assume they have others.
E.g: We subconsciously assume attractive people are also smarter or kinder.
Don't let a first impression blind you to reality.
If we see one positive trait in a person, we assume they have others.
E.g: We subconsciously assume attractive people are also smarter or kinder.
Don't let a first impression blind you to reality.
6. The Spotlight Effect:
We constantly overestimate how much people notice our appearance or mistakes.
The truth? Everyone is too worried about themselves to worry about you.
You are not the main character in their movie.
We constantly overestimate how much people notice our appearance or mistakes.
The truth? Everyone is too worried about themselves to worry about you.
You are not the main character in their movie.
December 26, 2025 at 12:53 PM
6. The Spotlight Effect:
We constantly overestimate how much people notice our appearance or mistakes.
The truth? Everyone is too worried about themselves to worry about you.
You are not the main character in their movie.
We constantly overestimate how much people notice our appearance or mistakes.
The truth? Everyone is too worried about themselves to worry about you.
You are not the main character in their movie.
5. Fundamental Attribution Error:
We judge others by their actions, but we judge ourselves by our intentions.
If someone is late, they are lazy. If you are late, it was traffic.
Extend the same grace to others that you give yourself.
We judge others by their actions, but we judge ourselves by our intentions.
If someone is late, they are lazy. If you are late, it was traffic.
Extend the same grace to others that you give yourself.
December 26, 2025 at 12:53 PM
5. Fundamental Attribution Error:
We judge others by their actions, but we judge ourselves by our intentions.
If someone is late, they are lazy. If you are late, it was traffic.
Extend the same grace to others that you give yourself.
We judge others by their actions, but we judge ourselves by our intentions.
If someone is late, they are lazy. If you are late, it was traffic.
Extend the same grace to others that you give yourself.
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4. Anchoring Bias:
The first piece of information you receive sets the tone for everything that follows.
E.g: The first price offered in a negotiation makes the second price seem "cheap" or "expensive."
The first piece of information you receive sets the tone for everything that follows.
E.g: The first price offered in a negotiation makes the second price seem "cheap" or "expensive."
December 26, 2025 at 12:53 PM
4. Anchoring Bias:
The first piece of information you receive sets the tone for everything that follows.
E.g: The first price offered in a negotiation makes the second price seem "cheap" or "expensive."
The first piece of information you receive sets the tone for everything that follows.
E.g: The first price offered in a negotiation makes the second price seem "cheap" or "expensive."
3. The Dunning-Kruger Effect:
Incompetence blinds you to your own incompetence.
People with low ability often overestimate their competence, while experts often underestimate theirs.
True wisdom is knowing what you do not know.
Incompetence blinds you to your own incompetence.
People with low ability often overestimate their competence, while experts often underestimate theirs.
True wisdom is knowing what you do not know.
December 26, 2025 at 12:53 PM
3. The Dunning-Kruger Effect:
Incompetence blinds you to your own incompetence.
People with low ability often overestimate their competence, while experts often underestimate theirs.
True wisdom is knowing what you do not know.
Incompetence blinds you to your own incompetence.
People with low ability often overestimate their competence, while experts often underestimate theirs.
True wisdom is knowing what you do not know.
2. The Sunk Cost Fallacy:
We cling to things just because we’ve already invested time or money in them.
We refuse to quit a bad job or project because we "can't let that effort go to waste."
Don't throw good time after bad.
We cling to things just because we’ve already invested time or money in them.
We refuse to quit a bad job or project because we "can't let that effort go to waste."
Don't throw good time after bad.
December 26, 2025 at 12:53 PM
2. The Sunk Cost Fallacy:
We cling to things just because we’ve already invested time or money in them.
We refuse to quit a bad job or project because we "can't let that effort go to waste."
Don't throw good time after bad.
We cling to things just because we’ve already invested time or money in them.
We refuse to quit a bad job or project because we "can't let that effort go to waste."
Don't throw good time after bad.
1. Survivorship Bias:
We focus on the winners and ignore the losers.
We study the college dropout billionaires but ignore the thousands of dropouts who failed.
Success leaves clues, but failure teaches lessons.
We focus on the winners and ignore the losers.
We study the college dropout billionaires but ignore the thousands of dropouts who failed.
Success leaves clues, but failure teaches lessons.
December 26, 2025 at 12:53 PM
1. Survivorship Bias:
We focus on the winners and ignore the losers.
We study the college dropout billionaires but ignore the thousands of dropouts who failed.
Success leaves clues, but failure teaches lessons.
We focus on the winners and ignore the losers.
We study the college dropout billionaires but ignore the thousands of dropouts who failed.
Success leaves clues, but failure teaches lessons.