Cognitive biases
Biases are not stupidity. They are shortcuts that work well enough most of the time and fail in predictable ways, which is what makes them worth learning. This course covers the ones that change real decisions.
What you'll learn
10 chapters, then the quiz
- 01Why we have themShortcuts with a failure mode.
- 02Biases about beliefHow we handle evidence.
- 03Biases about numbersAnchors, availability and framing.
- 04Biases about ourselvesConfidence and attribution.
- 05Biases in decisionsLoss, sunk cost and the status quo.
- 06Biases in groupsWhy meetings decide badly.
- 07Looking backwardsHindsight and outcome bias.
- 08Biases in what you seeSurvivorship and selection.
- 09What actually helpsProcess beats awareness.
- 10Being careful with the conceptBias as a rhetorical weapon.
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