The chapter explores seductive beliefs like over-idealizing success and having a limited worldview based on personal experiences. It stresses the importance of understanding beyond one's own experiences and considering diverse perspectives for a broader understanding.
My deepest forecasting belief is that you can better understand the future if you focus on the behaviors that never change instead of the events that might.
And those behaviors have a common denominator: They follow the path of least resistance of people trying to simplify a complex world into a few stories that make sense and make them feel good about themselves.
Simple stories, feel-good stories. Those are some of history’s most seductive beliefs, and they always will be.
Here are a few that stick out.