Better, Not Perfect Quotes

“Philosopher John Rawls offered the image of a “veil of ignorance” as a means of thinking through what would be best for society.22 Rawls’s challenge is to imagine that you know nothing about your position in society. In this uninformed state, behind a veil of ignorance, you will be in a better position to decide how society should be structured for the greater good. Rawls intuitively understood that your status, wealth, position, and so on form cognitive barriers to objectively assessing”
― Max H. Bazerman, Better, Not Perfect: Making Wiser Decisions to Create More Good in The World

“Don Moore and I outlined the following steps for choosing the right option among multiple choices:17 Define the problem. Identify the relevant criteria. Weight the criteria. Generate alternatives. Rate each alternative on each criterion. Compute the optimal decision.”
― Max H. Bazerman, Better, Not Perfect: Making Wiser Decisions to Create More Good in The World

“Looking back at the four sources of bias described in the previous section (innumeracy, warm glow and recognition, connectivity, and self-focus), you’ll see they all put you at the center: your intuition over the correct numbers, your identification with the victim, your sense of recognition, your connection, and your tendency to focus on yourself. Creating more value in the world requires that we think beyond ourselves. A good starting point is to consider our two primary modes of decision making—System 1 and System 2.”
― Max H. Bazerman, Better, Not Perfect: Making Wiser Decisions to Create More Good in The World

“illusory transparency of intent.”
― Max H. Bazerman, Better, Not Perfect: Making Wiser Decisions to Create More Good in The World

“Scope neglect and the identifiable victim effect encourage our intuitive innumeracy and lead to poor decision making. In contrast, most of us would endorse the goal of choosing behaviors—such as contributing money or investing our time—where we can do as much good as possible, rather than simply feeling like we made a difference.”
― Max H. Bazerman, Better, Not Perfect: Making Wiser Decisions to Create More Good in The World

“We glaze over the zeroes in the quantity and make decisions in reaction to emotional images.”
― Max H. Bazerman, Better, Not Perfect: Making Wiser Decisions to Create More Good in The World

“THE CURSE OF KNOWLEDGE: When we have expertise or knowledge in a given area, we have difficulty understanding what the problem would look like to those who lack such expertise or knowledge.4 Thus, teachers often lack empathy for students who lack their knowledge.”
― Max H. Bazerman, Better, Not Perfect: Making Wiser Decisions to Create More Good in The World

“His point was that each positive step a person takes should be encouraged, rather than highlighted for what it lacks.”
― Max H. Bazerman, Better, Not Perfect: Making Wiser Decisions to Create More Good in The World

“THE CURSE OF KNOWLEDGE: When we have expertise or knowledge in a given area, we have difficulty understanding what the problem would look like to those who lack such expertise or knowledge.4 Thus, teachers often lack empathy for students who lack their knowledge”
― Max H. Bazerman, Better, Not Perfect: Making Wiser Decisions to Create More Good in The World

“Bruce’s strategy had little to do with changing people’s values and everything to do with motivating them to change their behavior, with little or no sacrifice required.”
― Max H. Bazerman, Better, Not Perfect: Making Wiser Decisions to Create More Good in The World

“each positive step a person takes should be encouraged, rather than highlighted for what it lacks.”
― Max H. Bazerman, Better, Not Perfect: Making Wiser Decisions to Create More Good in The World