You Judge Experiences by Their Peak and Their Ending, Not the Average
Memory doesn't average an experience — it remembers the peak and the ending. That's why endings deserve extra care.
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Thinking
Critical thinking, cognitive biases, decision-making, and learning to see clearly. The operating system behind everything else.
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Write Down a Second Explanation Before You Accept the First
Your first explanation feels complete, but it's rarely the only one. Write down a second plausible explanation before you act on the first.
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What to Do When You See a Scary Statistic
A relative statistic without its baseline is built to alarm you. Ask what it doubled from before deciding how worried to be.
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Look Where the Answer Might Be, Not Just Where It's Easy to Look
Convenient information isn't the same as useful information. Name the inconvenient source you're avoiding, and check it first.
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Weigh Your Pros and Cons, Don't Just Count Them
Counting pros and cons treats every item as equal. Weigh them by importance instead, and cross out matched pairs until only the heaviest ones remain.
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Check the Sample Size Before You Trust a Study's Headline
A dramatic percentage means little without the sample size behind it. Look for the numbers the headline hides before you trust — or share — the claim.
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Before You Believe a Surprising Claim, Check Who Benefits
Funding shapes which questions get studied and published, without anyone lying. Check who benefits before you repeat a surprising claim.
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What Works for One Person Doesn't Always Work for Everyone
Some strategies only work because most people aren't using them — ask which kind you're relying on before you build a plan around it.
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What to Do When Someone Says "Prove Me Wrong"
"Prove me wrong" quietly shifts the burden of proof to you. The person making the claim owes the evidence, not you.
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Don't Assume People Get What They Deserve
Believing the world is fair feels safe, but it quietly blames people for misfortunes that were never their fault.
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You Credit Your Wins to Skill and Your Losses to Bad Luck
You explain your wins by skill and your losses by bad luck — and judge everyone else in reverse. Notice it before it becomes self-deception.
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You Have Less Control Over the Outcome Than It Feels Like
You feel like effort and attention control outcomes that are actually already decided — spend your energy only on the part you can influence.
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What to Do When You Made a Bad Decision
A bad decision becomes a disaster only when you refuse to adapt after it.
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What to Do When You Have Two Equally Good Options
When two options feel equal, the cost of indecision exceeds the difference between them.
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What to Do When You're Drowning in Information
Information you do not need is noise, and noise degrades your thinking.
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What to Do When You Hit a Dead End
Step away, let your background mind work, then question whether the constraint is real.
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What to Do When You're Being Harshly Criticized
Separate the valid feedback from the tone — reject the rudeness, keep the useful part.
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What to Do When You Need to Decide but Lack Data
For reversible decisions, optimize for speed of learning; for irreversible ones, lean on your values.
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