Blunder Quotes

“Some people might be born with a predisposition to better judgment, but the rest of us, I believe, have to grow wiser by hard work.”
― Zachary Shore, Blunder: Why Smart People Make Bad Decisions

“Expertise in any given single area is not enough to guarantee either prudent policies or the avoidance of blunders.”
― Zachary Shore, Blunder: Why Smart People Make Bad Decisions

“While theories are a necessary aspect of planning, their true danger comes when we forget how often individuals, businesses, and nations defy the prototypes we assign them.”
― Zachary Shore, Blunder: Why Smart People Make Bad Decisions

“All kinds of daily interactions would be altered if we suspended our insufficiently informed conclusions over why others act the way they do.”
― Zachary Shore, Blunder: Why Smart People Make Bad Decisions

“The notion that too much information can be a distraction is off the mark. The quantity of information is irrelevant; it is the relevance of any quantity that matters.”
― Zachary Shore, Blunder: Why Smart People Make Bad Decisions

“Some people believe that too much information is a dangerous thing, but it is only this idea that is dangerous.”
― Zachary Shore, Blunder: Why Smart People Make Bad Decisions

“A healthy skepticism about all causation is wisest for both traditional and alternative approaches.”
― Zachary Shore, Blunder: Why Smart People Make Bad Decisions