Emre Soyer·Jan 18, 2023Beware the Critical PointsIn tennis, curiously, winning more points than your opponent doesn’t guarantee a win. Neither winning most of the games would suffice.
Emre Soyer·Jul 6, 2022Expert-Experience GapConsider a low probability yet disastrous event, which has a 1% probability of happening.
Emre Soyer·Jun 22, 2022Machine Learning IllusionThere’s a relatively new decision bias that’s rampant in business. We could call it the “machine learning illusion.”
Emre Soyer·May 12, 2022Managing PolitenessAre you usually polite? When are you not? Where do you draw the line?
Emre Soyer·Apr 21, 2022Anecdotes May Be Charming, But Are They Reliable?Using anecdotes as signal instead of guidance when making decisions
Emre Soyer·Apr 13, 2022The 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…
InEd-Tech TalksbyEmre Soyer·Apr 7, 2022Curse of Partial KnowledgeIn Human, All Too Human, Nietzsche warns that “partial knowledge is more often victorious than full knowledge: it conceives things as…
