[Written by Claude. Cognitive Bias Codex from here. Image credit.] Related Post: Cognitive Bias #1, Cognitive Bias #2 How evolution built brains that act fast, consequences be damned Imagine two of your ancestors standing at the edge of a river. A child has fallen in and is being swept downstream. Ancestor A thinks: “I shouldContinueContinue reading “Cognitive Bias #3: The Bias for Action – Why Your Brain Would Rather Do Something Wrong Than Nothing at All”
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Cognitive Bias #1: Why Your Brain is a Master Filter – The Evolution of Information Overload
[Written by Claude. Cognitive Bias Codex from here. Image credit.] How our ancient brains learned to survive in a world drowning in data Close your eyes and listen. Right now, millions of sensory inputs are bombarding your nervous system. The hum of the refrigerator, the pressure of your chair, the temperature of the air, distantContinueContinue reading “Cognitive Bias #1: Why Your Brain is a Master Filter – The Evolution of Information Overload”
Parenting Through the Lens of Charlie Munger: 25 Human Tendencies That Help or Hinder How We Raise Our Kids
[Written by ChatGPT. Image credit] In Poor Charlie’s Almanack, Charlie Munger, Warren Buffett’s longtime business partner, introduces his “Psychology of Human Misjudgment,” a framework of 25 cognitive biases—or human tendencies—that frequently steer people toward irrational or suboptimal choices. Drawing from psychology, behavioral economics, and his own rich experience, Munger unpacks these mental patterns with clarityContinueContinue reading “Parenting Through the Lens of Charlie Munger: 25 Human Tendencies That Help or Hinder How We Raise Our Kids”
Book Club: Rethinking How We Think – The Enduring Power of Thinking, Fast and Slow
[Written by ChatGPT] Thinking, Fast and Slow is one of those rare books that changes the way you see the world—and yourself. Written by Daniel Kahneman, a psychologist who won the Nobel Prize in Economics, the book explores the two ways our minds work: the fast, instinctive side and the slow, thoughtful side. Kahneman walksContinueContinue reading “Book Club: Rethinking How We Think – The Enduring Power of Thinking, Fast and Slow”
Spear, Shield, and the Mind
[Written by ChatGPT] Long ago in ancient China, a merchant claimed to sell the strongest spear—able to pierce any shield—and the strongest shield—able to block any spear. When asked what would happen if the spear struck the shield, he had no answer. This contradiction gave rise to the word 矛盾 (máodùn), meaning “paradox” or “conflict.”ContinueContinue reading “Spear, Shield, and the Mind”
Mental Model for Decision Making
[Image credit] I wish I had come across Charlie Munger’s talk, “A Lesson on Elementary, Worldly Wisdom as It Relates to Investment Management and Business,” when I was younger. After decades of formal and informal education, I’ve accumulated countless data points and insights, yet I haven’t fully connected them into a structured decision-making framework orContinueContinue reading “Mental Model for Decision Making”