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Social proof means we tend to do something because everyone else is doing it; cognitive impotence describes the tendency to not do something because everyone else is not doing it.
Wise decisions result in a wise life, and a wise life is as good as it gets.
Making wise decisions does not come naturally.
In recent years, we have learned that to make wise decisions, we must understand two concepts: heuristics and cognitive biases.
I often opine and whine, but empirical studies support my arguments in this article.
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passions bore us
people understand Elizabethan
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