Experience is a teacher that is extremely difficult to deny, even when it doesn’t accurately represent the dangers of the situation.
What Is the Machine Learning Illusion?
Machine learning can be useful for decisions. But assuming that it’s always useful would be an illusion.
Not All Crises Are the Same
Competent decision-making during crises requires decision-makers to recognize that not all crises are equal.
The Art of Failing
Not all failures are equal.
How to Manage Politeness
To be sustainable, politeness needs to be used wisely by decision-makers and appreciated by recipients.
The Challenge of Timelag Sensitivity
Timelag sensitivity is about correctly estimating and recognizing the time it would take for certain causes to show their effects.
Anecdotes May Be Charming, But Are They Reliable?
Presenters of ideas tend to gain more from anecdotes than the decision-makers who apply those ideas.
Seeing an Illusion: The Face That Isn’t a Face
Randomness can generate many easily detectable patterns. Differentiating between illusory and causal patterns is essential making decisions with the right expectations.
How Life Is and Isn’t Like Tennis
For our consequential decisions, we sadly can’t really behave as if we’re on a tennis court.
“Groundhog Day” and the Benefits of Counterfactuals
We would all be exceptional decision makers if we could somehow observe counterfactuals. Given that we can’t, what can we do instead?