The chapter delves into the complexities of decision-making in a world filled with abundant choices, offering strategies for overcoming decision fatigue and analysis paralysis. It discusses the importance of taking action to solidify decisions, sharing insights from influential figures who simplify their lives by reducing trivial choices. Additionally, the conversation touches on the concept of self-centeredness in conversations and the impact of making others feel charismatic.
Gurwinder Bhogal is a programmer and a writer.
Gurwinder is one of my favourite Twitter follows. He’s written yet another megathread exploring human nature, cognitive biases, mental models, status games, crowd behaviour and social media. It’s fantastic, and today we go through some of my favourites.
Expect to learn why our mental model of the world assumes people are just like us, why Narcissists tend to inject themselves into every story no matter how unrelated or tenuous, the role of Postjournalism in a world of fake news, why we navigate the world through stories and not statistics or facts, why people specialise in things they are actually bad at and much more...