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THINKING AHEAD: How to Make Life’s Big Decisions

The Next Big Idea

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Is There a Useful Degree of Delusion?

If people were entirely rational decision-makers, wouldn't we have sub-optimal outcomes? We would all be single dentists. Most people in this room have chosen to do something that's a little bit irrational. The flip side of that irrational exuberance and confidence is overconfidence and confirmation bias.

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