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🔙 Hindsight Bias

Explorations of how we rewrite the past to seem inevitable, distorting memory and judgment in ways both subtle and consequential. These books reveal the stories we tell ourselves after the fact—and why they matter.
Theories, Predictions, and Diagnoses
by Malcolm Gladwell • 2009
Most failures of expertise come from treating one kind of problem as if it were another.
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1k+
🧠 Cognitive Biases🤔 Decision Theory📊 Information Overload
Theories, Predictions, and Diagnoses Summary
Theories, Predictions, and Diagnoses 89%
Most failures of expertise come from treating one kind of problem as if it were another.
by Malcolm Gladwell 2009
3.99
1k+ ratings
🧠 Cognitive Biases🤔 Decision Theory📊 Information Overload
Future Babble
by Dan Gardner • 2010
Confidence sells. Accuracy doesn't. Why the loudest experts are the worst forecasters.
3.79
737
🧠 Cognitive Biases📉 Expert Forecasting🌫️ Uncertainty Management
Future Babble Summary
Future Babble 89%
Confidence sells. Accuracy doesn't. Why the loudest experts are the worst forecasters.
by Dan Gardner 2010
3.79
737 ratings
🧠 Cognitive Biases📉 Expert Forecasting🌫️ Uncertainty Management
How We Know What Isn't So
by Thomas Gilovich • 1991
The mind finds pattern in noise, then argues for it with absolute conviction.
3.95
3k+
🧠 Cognitive Biases❤️ Motivated Reasoning🎲 Randomness Perception
How We Know What Isn't So Summary
How We Know What Isn't So 89%
The mind finds pattern in noise, then argues for it with absolute conviction.
by Thomas Gilovich 1991
3.95
3k+ ratings
🧠 Cognitive Biases❤️ Motivated Reasoning🎲 Randomness Perception
Expert Political Judgment
by Philip E. Tetlock • 2005
Political pundits barely beat chance. Those who change their minds and doubt themselves do best.
3.98
709
🔮 Political Forecasting🧠 Expert Judgment🧩 Cognitive Biases
Expert Political Judgment Summary
Expert Political Judgment 89%
Political pundits barely beat chance. Those who change their minds and doubt themselves do best.
by Philip E. Tetlock 2005
3.98
709 ratings
🔮 Political Forecasting🧠 Expert Judgment🧩 Cognitive Biases
How to Expect the Unexpected
by Kit Yates • 2023
Master the science of prediction: why your gut fails, and when the smartest forecast is none.
3.69
188
🔮 Forecasting🧠 Cognitive Biases🎲 Probability
How to Expect the Unexpected Summary
How to Expect the Unexpected 88%
Master the science of prediction: why your gut fails, and when the smartest forecast is none.
by Kit Yates 2023
3.69
188 ratings
🔮 Forecasting🧠 Cognitive Biases🎲 Probability
How Spies Think
by David Omand • 2020
From a former GCHQ chief: how spies structure their thinking to outsmart lies and cognitive traps.
3.62
832
🕵️ Intelligence Analysis🧠 Cognitive Biases📢 Disinformation
How Spies Think Summary
How Spies Think 88%
From a former GCHQ chief: how spies structure their thinking to outsmart lies and cognitive traps.
by David Omand 2020
3.62
832 ratings
🕵️ Intelligence Analysis🧠 Cognitive Biases📢 Disinformation
Mistakes Were Made (But Not by Me)
by Carol Tavris • 2007
Why smart people double down on bad decisions, rewrite history, and refuse to admit error.
4.04
29k+
🧠 Cognitive Dissonance🎭 Self-Deception🔄 Motivated Reasoning
Mistakes Were Made (But Not by Me) Summary
Mistakes Were Made (But Not by Me) 88%
Why smart people double down on bad decisions, rewrite history, and refuse to admit error.
by Carol Tavris 2007
4.04
29k+ ratings
🧠 Cognitive Dissonance🎭 Self-Deception🔄 Motivated Reasoning
Perfectly Confident
by Don A. Moore • 2020
Confidence is a measurement problem: not how sure you feel, but how wrong you might be.
3.67
315
🧠 Cognitive Biases💰 Behavioral Economics📊 Decision Science
Perfectly Confident Summary
Perfectly Confident 88%
Confidence is a measurement problem: not how sure you feel, but how wrong you might be.
by Don A. Moore 2020
3.67
315 ratings
🧠 Cognitive Biases💰 Behavioral Economics📊 Decision Science
The Scout Mindset
by Julia Galef • 2021
Most thinking is self-defense. Clear thinking is a switch you never learned to flip.
4.09
7k+
🧠 Cognitive Biases🎭 Self-Deception🤲 Intellectual Humility
The Scout Mindset Summary
The Scout Mindset 88%
Most thinking is self-defense. Clear thinking is a switch you never learned to flip.
by Julia Galef 2021
4.09
7k+ ratings
🧠 Cognitive Biases🎭 Self-Deception🤲 Intellectual Humility
Being Wrong
by Kathryn Schulz • 2010
We can't feel wrong while being wrong, so we confuse certainty with accuracy every time.
3.94
7k+
🧠 Cognitive Biases💫 Human Fallibility🤔 Intellectual Humility
Being Wrong Summary
Being Wrong 88%
We can't feel wrong while being wrong, so we confuse certainty with accuracy every time.
by Kathryn Schulz 2010
3.94
7k+ ratings
🧠 Cognitive Biases💫 Human Fallibility🤔 Intellectual Humility
Everything is Obvious
by Duncan J. Watts • 2011
Common sense is a reverse-engineered story: it explains the past perfectly and predicts nothing.
3.81
5k+
🌀 Complexity Science🧠 Behavioral Economics🔗 Systems Thinking
Everything is Obvious Summary
Everything is Obvious 88%
Common sense is a reverse-engineered story: it explains the past perfectly and predicts nothing.
by Duncan J. Watts 2011
3.81
5k+ ratings
🌀 Complexity Science🧠 Behavioral Economics🔗 Systems Thinking
Superforecasting
by Philip E. Tetlock • 2015
30% more accurate than CIA analysts: the trainable habits that predict the future.
4.08
22k+
🔮 Forecasting🎲 Probabilistic Thinking🧠 Cognitive Biases
Superforecasting Summary
Superforecasting 88%
30% more accurate than CIA analysts: the trainable habits that predict the future.
by Philip E. Tetlock 2015
4.08
22k+ ratings
🔮 Forecasting🎲 Probabilistic Thinking🧠 Cognitive Biases
Rationality
by Steven Pinker • 2021
How a single mental toolkit built science, law, and democracy, and why it keeps short-circuiting.
3.84
7k+
🧠 Cognitive Biases📊 Bayesian Reasoning🎯 Game Theory
Rationality Summary
Rationality 88%
How a single mental toolkit built science, law, and democracy, and why it keeps short-circuiting.
by Steven Pinker 2021
3.84
7k+ ratings
🧠 Cognitive Biases📊 Bayesian Reasoning🎯 Game Theory
Thinking 101
by Woo-Kyoung Ahn • 2022
Your brain is wired for survival, not accuracy, and its errors are predictable.
3.82
2k+
🧠 Cognitive Biases📉 Behavioral Economics🔗 Causal Reasoning
Thinking 101 Summary
Thinking 101 88%
Your brain is wired for survival, not accuracy, and its errors are predictable.
by Woo-Kyoung Ahn 2022
3.82
2k+ ratings
🧠 Cognitive Biases📉 Behavioral Economics🔗 Causal Reasoning
Think Twice
by Michael J. Mauboussin • 2009
Smart people fail at decisions because the mind's ancient shortcuts misfire in modern complexity.
3.93
1k+
🧠 Behavioral Economics🔍 Cognitive Biases📊 Decision Science
Think Twice Summary
Think Twice 88%
Smart people fail at decisions because the mind's ancient shortcuts misfire in modern complexity.
by Michael J. Mauboussin 2009
3.93
1k+ ratings
🧠 Behavioral Economics🔍 Cognitive Biases📊 Decision Science
Judgment Under Uncertainty
by Daniel Kahneman • 1982
Mental shortcuts rule under uncertainty; each creates predictable mistakes.
4.17
1k+
🔎 Cognitive Biases🧩 Heuristics💰 Behavioral Economics
Judgment Under Uncertainty Summary
Judgment Under Uncertainty 88%
Mental shortcuts rule under uncertainty; each creates predictable mistakes.
by Daniel Kahneman 1982
4.17
1k+ ratings
🔎 Cognitive Biases🧩 Heuristics💰 Behavioral Economics
The Psychology of Stupidity
by Jean-François Marmion • 2019
The smartest people on why everyone, including you, keeps doing idiotic things.
3.16
3k+
🧠 Cognitive Biases👥 Social Psychology🤲 Intellectual Humility
The Psychology of Stupidity Summary
The Psychology of Stupidity 88%
The smartest people on why everyone, including you, keeps doing idiotic things.
by Jean-François Marmion 2019
3.16
3k+ ratings
🧠 Cognitive Biases👥 Social Psychology🤲 Intellectual Humility
The Halo Effect
by Philip M. Rosenzweig • 2007
Celebrated business books share a fatal flaw: they mistake the glow of success for its cause.
3.89
6k+
🧠 Cognitive Biases🎲 Survivorship Bias📊 Evidence-Based Management
The Halo Effect Summary
The Halo Effect 88%
Celebrated business books share a fatal flaw: they mistake the glow of success for its cause.
by Philip M. Rosenzweig 2007
3.89
6k+ ratings
🧠 Cognitive Biases🎲 Survivorship Bias📊 Evidence-Based Management
Don't Believe Everything You Think
by Thomas Kida • 2006
Your brain hunts for stories, ignores stats, and rewrites its memories. Skepticism is the repair.
3.82
853
🧠 Cognitive Biases🔬 Scientific Skepticism💡 Critical Thinking
Don't Believe Everything You Think Summary
Don't Believe Everything You Think 88%
Your brain hunts for stories, ignores stats, and rewrites its memories. Skepticism is the repair.
by Thomas Kida 2006
3.82
853 ratings
🧠 Cognitive Biases🔬 Scientific Skepticism💡 Critical Thinking
Fooled By Randomness & The Black Swan
by Nassim Nicholas Taleb • 2008
Stability is an illusion, prediction is a scam: the architecture of a life that needs the chaos.
4.17
287
🎲 Probability Theory⚠️ Hidden Risks🧠 Cognitive Biases
Fooled By Randomness & The Black Swan Summary
Fooled By Randomness & The Black Swan 88%
Stability is an illusion, prediction is a scam: the architecture of a life that needs the chaos.
by Nassim Nicholas Taleb 2008
4.17
287 ratings
🎲 Probability Theory⚠️ Hidden Risks🧠 Cognitive Biases
The Gray Rhino
by Michele Wucker • 2016
Obvious, predictable threats destroy more than surprises do, and we ignore them anyway.
3.57
391
🛡️ Risk Management🚨 Crisis Leadership🧠 Cognitive Biases
The Gray Rhino Summary
The Gray Rhino 88%
Obvious, predictable threats destroy more than surprises do, and we ignore them anyway.
by Michele Wucker 2016
3.57
391 ratings
🛡️ Risk Management🚨 Crisis Leadership🧠 Cognitive Biases
How to Decide
by Annie Duke • 2020
Separating luck from skill: the poker champion's toolkit for decisions you won't regret.
3.96
3k+
🧱 Decision Frameworks🧠 Cognitive Biases📊 Behavioral Economics
How to Decide Summary
How to Decide 88%
Separating luck from skill: the poker champion's toolkit for decisions you won't regret.
by Annie Duke 2020
3.96
3k+ ratings
🧱 Decision Frameworks🧠 Cognitive Biases📊 Behavioral Economics
Irrationality
by Stuart Sutherland • 1992
Predictable mental errors everyone makes, from overconfidence to throwing good money after bad.
3.91
2k+
🧠 Cognitive Biases🔍 Decision Science📊 Statistical Thinking
Irrationality Summary
Irrationality 88%
Predictable mental errors everyone makes, from overconfidence to throwing good money after bad.
by Stuart Sutherland 1992
3.91
2k+ ratings
🧠 Cognitive Biases🔍 Decision Science📊 Statistical Thinking
The Intelligence Trap
by David Robson • 2019
Intelligence can make you more biased, not less. The trap is hidden in how smart people reason.
3.99
3k+
🧠 Cognitive Biases🤔 Rationality🧎 Intellectual Humility
The Intelligence Trap Summary
The Intelligence Trap 88%
Intelligence can make you more biased, not less. The trap is hidden in how smart people reason.
by David Robson 2019
3.99
3k+ ratings
🧠 Cognitive Biases🤔 Rationality🧎 Intellectual Humility
Decision Making and Rationality in the Modern World
by Keith E. Stanovich • 2009
Your automatic mind betrays you daily. Here is why, and how to take back control.
4.33
48
🧠 Cognitive Biases🧬 Evolutionary Psychology🎲 Probabilistic Reasoning
Decision Making and Rationality in the Modern World Summary
Decision Making and Rationality in the Modern World 88%
Your automatic mind betrays you daily. Here is why, and how to take back control.
by Keith E. Stanovich 2009
4.33
48 ratings
🧠 Cognitive Biases🧬 Evolutionary Psychology🎲 Probabilistic Reasoning
Thinking in Bets
by Annie Duke • 2018
Most 'bad decisions' were good bets that lost. A poker champion's guide to telling the difference.
3.82
24k+
🎲 Behavioral Economics🔍 Cognitive Biases🎯 Probabilistic Thinking
Thinking in Bets Summary
Thinking in Bets 88%
Most 'bad decisions' were good bets that lost. A poker champion's guide to telling the difference.
by Annie Duke 2018
3.82
24k+ ratings
🎲 Behavioral Economics🔍 Cognitive Biases🎯 Probabilistic Thinking
Streetlights and Shadows
by Gary Klein • 2009
Complex situations demand a different decision playbook. One built on recognition, not comparison.
4.28
321
🧠 Intuition And Analysis🔍 Sensemaking📊 Behavioral Economics
Streetlights and Shadows Summary
Streetlights and Shadows 88%
Complex situations demand a different decision playbook. One built on recognition, not comparison.
by Gary Klein 2009
4.28
321 ratings
🧠 Intuition And Analysis🔍 Sensemaking📊 Behavioral Economics
Rationality
by Eliezer Yudkowsky • 2015
Human reason is buggy code. Here is the patch from cognitive science and AI.
4.32
2k+
🧠 Cognitive Biases🛠️ Debiasing📊 Bayesian Reasoning
Rationality Summary
Rationality 88%
Human reason is buggy code. Here is the patch from cognitive science and AI.
by Eliezer Yudkowsky 2015
4.32
2k+ ratings
🧠 Cognitive Biases🛠️ Debiasing📊 Bayesian Reasoning
Fooled by Randomness
by Nassim Nicholas Taleb • 2001
Ten thousand coin-flippers produce three hundred geniuses. The biographies write themselves.
4.08
72k+
📈 Financial Markets🔬 Behavioral Economics🧠 Cognitive Biases
Fooled by Randomness Summary
Fooled by Randomness 88%
Ten thousand coin-flippers produce three hundred geniuses. The biographies write themselves.
by Nassim Nicholas Taleb 2001
4.08
72k+ ratings
📈 Financial Markets🔬 Behavioral Economics🧠 Cognitive Biases
The Improbability Principle
by David J. Hand • 2014
Why do extremely unlikely events happen daily? A few hidden laws make the extraordinary routine.
3.73
2k+
🎲 Probability Theory⚡ Rare Events🧠 Cognitive Biases
The Improbability Principle Summary
The Improbability Principle 88%
Why do extremely unlikely events happen daily? A few hidden laws make the extraordinary routine.
by David J. Hand 2014
3.73
2k+ ratings
🎲 Probability Theory⚡ Rare Events🧠 Cognitive Biases
Thinking, Fast and Slow
by Daniel Kahneman • 2011
You decide first. You explain later. A Nobel laureate reveals the hidden system that chose.
4.17
595k+
🔬 Cognitive Biases📊 Behavioral Economics🧠 Heuristics And Biases
Thinking, Fast and Slow Summary
Thinking, Fast and Slow 88%
You decide first. You explain later. A Nobel laureate reveals the hidden system that chose.
by Daniel Kahneman 2011
4.17
595k+ ratings
🔬 Cognitive Biases📊 Behavioral Economics🧠 Heuristics And Biases
You Are Not So Smart
by David McRaney • 2011
Your brain is a self-justifying storyteller, and it's hiding the evidence from you.
3.86
36k+
🧠 Cognitive Biases👥 Social Psychology🎭 Self-Delusion
You Are Not So Smart Summary
You Are Not So Smart 88%
Your brain is a self-justifying storyteller, and it's hiding the evidence from you.
by David McRaney 2011
3.86
36k+ ratings
🧠 Cognitive Biases👥 Social Psychology🎭 Self-Delusion
The Invisible Gorilla
by Christopher Chabris • 2010
Your memory rewrites the past, your confidence hides incompetence, and there's a gorilla nobody saw.
3.91
15k+
🧠 Cognitive Biases👀 Attention Management💭 Memory Fallibility
The Invisible Gorilla Summary
The Invisible Gorilla 87%
Your memory rewrites the past, your confidence hides incompetence, and there's a gorilla nobody saw.
by Christopher Chabris 2010
3.91
15k+ ratings
🧠 Cognitive Biases👀 Attention Management💭 Memory Fallibility
The Black Swan
by Nassim Nicholas Taleb • 2007
The bell curve is a map that fails exactly where the terrain gets dangerous.
3.96
123k+
🛡️ Risk Management🎲 Tail Risk🧠 Cognitive Biases
The Black Swan Summary
The Black Swan 87%
The bell curve is a map that fails exactly where the terrain gets dangerous.
by Nassim Nicholas Taleb 2007
3.96
123k+ ratings
🛡️ Risk Management🎲 Tail Risk🧠 Cognitive Biases
Risk Intelligence
by Dylan Evans • 2012
Your probability estimates are worse than you think. It's trainable, and the payoff is real.
3.71
256
📊 Risk Literacy🧠 Behavioral Economics🧩 Cognitive Biases
Risk Intelligence Summary
Risk Intelligence 87%
Your probability estimates are worse than you think. It's trainable, and the payoff is real.
by Dylan Evans 2012
3.71
256 ratings
📊 Risk Literacy🧠 Behavioral Economics🧩 Cognitive Biases
Thinking
by John Brockman • 2013
A tour of the mind's latest science: warring neurons, useless pundits, and smart shortcuts.
3.69
993
🧠 Cognitive Science📊 Decision Science💰 Behavioral Economics
Thinking Summary
Thinking 87%
A tour of the mind's latest science: warring neurons, useless pundits, and smart shortcuts.
by John Brockman 2013
3.69
993 ratings
🧠 Cognitive Science📊 Decision Science💰 Behavioral Economics
Rock Breaks Scissors
by William Poundstone • 2014
Why you can outguess anyone: the predictable mistakes we make when we try to be random.
3.50
772
📈 Behavioral Economics🧩 Cognitive Biases🔍 Pattern Recognition
Rock Breaks Scissors Summary
Rock Breaks Scissors 87%
Why you can outguess anyone: the predictable mistakes we make when we try to be random.
by William Poundstone 2014
3.50
772 ratings
📈 Behavioral Economics🧩 Cognitive Biases🔍 Pattern Recognition
Blind Spots
by Max H. Bazerman • 2011
Most unethical behavior is driven by mental gaps, not character flaws. A lens to see what you miss.
3.68
597
🐝 Behavioral Ethics🧠 Cognitive Biases👀 Unconscious Bias
Blind Spots Summary
Blind Spots 87%
Most unethical behavior is driven by mental gaps, not character flaws. A lens to see what you miss.
by Max H. Bazerman 2011
3.68
597 ratings
🐝 Behavioral Ethics🧠 Cognitive Biases👀 Unconscious Bias
Post-Truth
by Lee McIntyre • 2018
Tobacco companies perfected the blueprint for making people doubt facts. Now it powers politics.
4.01
2k+
🔬 Science Denial🧠 Cognitive Biases📢 Disinformation
Post-Truth Summary
Post-Truth 87%
Tobacco companies perfected the blueprint for making people doubt facts. Now it powers politics.
by Lee McIntyre 2018
4.01
2k+ ratings
🔬 Science Denial🧠 Cognitive Biases📢 Disinformation
Invention and Innovation
by Vaclav Smil • 2023
Moore's Law is an outlier. Everywhere else, innovation crawls, stumbles, or backfires.
3.84
1k+
🛠️ History Of Technology🔍 Innovation Myths⚠️ Unintended Consequences
Invention and Innovation Summary
Invention and Innovation 87%
Moore's Law is an outlier. Everywhere else, innovation crawls, stumbles, or backfires.
by Vaclav Smil 2023
3.84
1k+ ratings
🛠️ History Of Technology🔍 Innovation Myths⚠️ Unintended Consequences
A Joosr Guide to... The Art of Thinking Clearly by Rolf Dobelli
by Joosr • 2015
Bad decisions follow the same few patterns. Learn the traps, and stop falling for them.
3.57
14
🧠 Cognitive Biases📊 Heuristics And Biases💸 Behavioral Economics
A Joosr Guide to... The Art of Thinking Clearly by Rolf Dobelli Summary
A Joosr Guide to... The Art of Thinking Clearly by Rolf Dobelli 87%
Bad decisions follow the same few patterns. Learn the traps, and stop falling for them.
by Joosr 2015
3.57
14 ratings
🧠 Cognitive Biases📊 Heuristics And Biases💸 Behavioral Economics
The Knowledge Illusion
by Steven Sloman • 2017
Ask someone to explain a toilet. They can't. That gap powers civilization.
3.84
3k+
🎭 Cognitive Biases🌐 Distributed Cognition👥 Collective Intelligence
The Knowledge Illusion Summary
The Knowledge Illusion 87%
Ask someone to explain a toilet. They can't. That gap powers civilization.
by Steven Sloman 2017
3.84
3k+ ratings
🎭 Cognitive Biases🌐 Distributed Cognition👥 Collective Intelligence
You Already Know
by Laura Huang • 2025
Intuition is not a magic whisper but a process you can map, train, and deploy.
3.43
97
🧠 Intuition Science🏢 Business Psychology🌐 Decision Frameworks
You Already Know Summary
You Already Know 87%
Intuition is not a magic whisper but a process you can map, train, and deploy.
by Laura Huang 2025
3.43
97 ratings
🧠 Intuition Science🏢 Business Psychology🌐 Decision Frameworks
How to Actually Change Your Mind
by Eliezer Yudkowsky • 2018
Humble confession changes nothing. The specific moves that actually correct your thinking.
4.28
294
🧠 Cognitive Biases🎯 Rationality Training🙇 Epistemic Humility
How to Actually Change Your Mind Summary
How to Actually Change Your Mind 87%
Humble confession changes nothing. The specific moves that actually correct your thinking.
by Eliezer Yudkowsky 2018
4.28
294 ratings
🧠 Cognitive Biases🎯 Rationality Training🙇 Epistemic Humility
The Art of Thinking Clearly
by Rolf Dobelli • 2013
99 thinking traps, catalogued. Better judgment comes from removing errors, not adding insight.
3.85
43k+
🧠 Cognitive Biases📊 Behavioral Economics⚠️ Thinking Errors
The Art of Thinking Clearly Summary
The Art of Thinking Clearly 87%
99 thinking traps, catalogued. Better judgment comes from removing errors, not adding insight.
by Rolf Dobelli 2013
3.85
43k+ ratings
🧠 Cognitive Biases📊 Behavioral Economics⚠️ Thinking Errors
Groupthink
by Irving L. Janis • 1982
Why the most cohesive teams produce the worst decisions, and the historical disasters that prove it.
4.13
212
🧠 Group Decision Making🏛️ Foreign Policy Failures🔗 Social Conformity
Groupthink Summary
Groupthink 87%
Why the most cohesive teams produce the worst decisions, and the historical disasters that prove it.
by Irving L. Janis 1982
4.13
212 ratings
🧠 Group Decision Making🏛️ Foreign Policy Failures🔗 Social Conformity
Factfulness
by Hans Rosling • 2018
A chimp guessing at random outperforms experts on global trends. The data tells a better story.
4.35
203k+
🌏 Global Development🧠 Cognitive Biases📊 Data Literacy
Factfulness Summary
Factfulness 87%
A chimp guessing at random outperforms experts on global trends. The data tells a better story.
by Hans Rosling 2018
4.35
203k+ ratings
🌏 Global Development🧠 Cognitive Biases📊 Data Literacy
Neuroscience and Critical Thinking
by Albert Rutherford • 2019
Your brain edits reality before you see it. How to catch the cuts and decide better.
3.47
121
🧠 Cognitive Biases🔬 Cognitive Neuroscience📰 Information Literacy
Neuroscience and Critical Thinking Summary
Neuroscience and Critical Thinking 87%
Your brain edits reality before you see it. How to catch the cuts and decide better.
by Albert Rutherford 2019
3.47
121 ratings
🧠 Cognitive Biases🔬 Cognitive Neuroscience📰 Information Literacy
On the Psychology of Military Incompetence
by Norman F. Dixon • 1976
Why do generals from Crimea to Vietnam repeat the same mistakes? Authoritarianism.
3.95
814
🎓 Military Psychology💭 Cognitive Biases🏛️ Organizational Failure
On the Psychology of Military Incompetence Summary
On the Psychology of Military Incompetence 87%
Why do generals from Crimea to Vietnam repeat the same mistakes? Authoritarianism.
by Norman F. Dixon 1976
3.95
814 ratings
🎓 Military Psychology💭 Cognitive Biases🏛️ Organizational Failure
Risk
by Stanley McChrystal • 2021
In 1983, one man's doubt stopped a nuclear war. The lesson for your organization's risk systems.
3.64
799
📊 Risk Management🧠 Decision Biases🔄 Systems Thinking
Risk Summary
Risk 87%
In 1983, one man's doubt stopped a nuclear war. The lesson for your organization's risk systems.
by Stanley McChrystal 2021
3.64
799 ratings
📊 Risk Management🧠 Decision Biases🔄 Systems Thinking
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