Blunder: Why Smart People Make Bad Decisions,New

Blunder: Why Smart People Make Bad Decisions,New

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We all make bad decisions. It's part of being human. The resulting mistakes can be valuable, the story goes, because we learn from them. But do we? Historian Zachary Shore says no, not always, and he has a long list of examples to prove his point.From colonialism to globalization, from gender wars to civil wars, or any circumstance for which our best solutions backfire, Shore demonstrates how rigid thinking can subtly lead us to undermine ourselves. In the process, he identifies seven 'cognition traps' to avoid. These insidious yet unavoidable mindsets include:Exposure Anxiety: fear of being seen as weakCausefusion: confusing the causes of complex eventsFlat View: seeing the world in one dimensionCureAllism: thinking that onesize solutions can solve all problemsInfomania: an obsessive relationship to informationMirror Imaging: thinking the other side thinks like you doStatic Cling: the refusal to accept that circumstances have changedDrawing on examples from history, politics, business and economics, health care, even folk tales and popular culture, Shore illustrates the profound impact blunders can have. But he also emphasizes how understanding these seven simple cognition traps can help us all make wiser judgments in our daily lives.For anyone whose bestlaid plans have been foiled by faulty thinking, Blunder shines the penetrating spotlight of history on decision making and the patterns of thought that can lead us all astray.

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