I saw this cartoon on the web recently. It points out an important truth: we (humans and dinosaurs alike, I suppose) take too few risks, rather than too many. I don’t know whether the dinosaur did the research, but I have. The results are provocative. Humans misanalyze risks. It is not just that we have [...]
Posts Tagged ‘Perfectionism’
Mind “Flaws” as Engines of Creativity?
If this blog is about life’s best practices, why write about ways the mind makes errors? I’ve gotten this question a lot. So let me explain why I think these patterns of error are so important. Modern brain research shows that brains tend to process data in certain predictable ways. Some of those processes generate [...]
