David McRaney takes on hindsight bias, i.e. how you " often look back on the things you've just learned and assume you knew them or believed them all along":
You are always looking back at the person you used to be
reconstructing the story of your life to better match the person
are today.
You have needed to keep a tidy mind to navigate the world ever
you lived in jungles and on savannas. Cluttered minds got bogged
and the bodies they controlled got eaten.
Once you learn...
Published on June 17, 2010 04:44