Beware the Critical PointsIn tennis, curiously, winning more points than your opponent doesn’t guarantee a win. Neither winning most of the games would suffice.Jan 18, 2023Jan 18, 2023
Expert-Experience GapConsider a low probability yet disastrous event, which has a 1% probability of happening.Jul 6, 2022Jul 6, 2022
Machine Learning IllusionThere’s a relatively new decision bias that’s rampant in business. We could call it the “machine learning illusion.”Jun 22, 2022Jun 22, 2022
Managing PolitenessAre you usually polite? When are you not? Where do you draw the line?May 12, 2022May 12, 2022
Anecdotes May Be Charming, But Are They Reliable?Using anecdotes as signal instead of guidance when making decisionsApr 21, 2022Apr 21, 2022
The Face That Isn’t A FaceWhile circling Mars in 1976, NASA’s Viking 1 spacecraft took pictures of its surface. It’s impossible not to see immediately the pattern on…Apr 13, 2022Apr 13, 2022
Published inEd-Tech TalksCurse of Partial KnowledgeIn Human, All Too Human, Nietzsche warns that “partial knowledge is more often victorious than full knowledge: it conceives things as…Apr 7, 2022Apr 7, 2022
