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Against the Rules Presents: Cautionary Tales

Against the Rules with Michael Lewis

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Inertia Is a Powerful Thing for Humans

Psychologists have identified a strong bias towards the status quo for example. Pilots form a plan and then are reluctant to change it, even if circumstances suggest they should. The classic form of get ther itis is an approach to an air field with a storm coming in. If you land well before the storm arrives, no problem. If the storm arrives before you land, that's not a crisis either. But you do it because you want to fly into a dangerous storm.

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