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#592 - Richard Shotton - 8 Fascinating Psychological Biases

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I'd Like to Drive a Route That Takes 10 Minutes Longer Than Standstill Traffic

I would like way more options on Google Maps from getting from point A to point B. I think Rory missed in his transport for humans book as something that we could have done with regards to this. For instance, I will opt to drive a route that puts me in less standstill traffic but takes longer to get home if I'm going home at a time where there might be a little bit of other drivers on the road. It is existentially less painful to go a route that takes 10 minutes longer and maybe five miles further. So I would like to opt for the route that has the highest average speed perhaps. Oh, lovely by so the study here comes from a Canadian psychologist called Ian

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