Ego Blindspots: 9 Cognitive Biases that Catch You Out
Published 2024-06-02
We examine 9 different cognitive biases related to Ego and how we can spot them.
Learn:
When our ego serves us or sabotages us
Why we fall in love for the wrong reasons
How our bias to perceive ambiguity as hostility almost triggered a Nuclear war
From panicking over getting some ketchup on our trousers to explosive road rage, cognitive biases can give us an answer.
Learning how to recognise our own biases can lead to a much calmer, kinder and more successful life.
Enjoy the episode
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📕 Recommended Books
These books are full of brilliant insights and mental models to help you become a more rational thinker.
🏎️ Thinking, Fast and Slow by Daniel Kahneman
🧘♀️ The Art of Thinking Clearly by Rolf Dobelli
🧠 Super Thinking by Gabriel Weinberg & Lauren McCain
🪐 The Skeptics Guide to the Universe by Dr. Steven Novella
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Chapters
00:00 Spotlight Effect
02:25 Dunning Kruger Effect
04:41 Status Quo Bias
06:29 Curse of Knowledge
08:21 Cognitive Dissonance
10:34 The Halo Effect
14:07 Fundamental Attribution Error
16:13 Actor-Observer Bias
17:33 Self-Serving Bias
19:54 Hostile Attribution Bias
23:42 Note 1 - Don't blame other peoples behaviours
24:22 Note 2 - Don't get lost in our own world
27:21 Note 3 - These Biases exist for a reason
28:33 Note 4 - Don't get easily offended
29:14 Sen