Tag: Cognitive Bias
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I’m afraid of flying but I bike without a helmet
Humans are, by nature, living contradictions. I’ll spare you the philosophical waxing and keep it brief: about a month ago I fell off my bike and got a (very) minor concussion. This was the first time it ever really occurred to me that bike accidents are incredibly likely. They can happen without any serious mistake…
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Let go of anchoring bias to build more effective products
Last week, I tried a new video conferencing tool called Around created by a startup with the same name. Having recently raised $15 million in funding, their big claim is that their product can eliminate Zoom fatigue, the newly coined term for exhaustion caused by too much time spent on video calls. Screenshot of around.co…