Oh, gosh...well I always preface any evolutionary explanation with the caveat that it is a just so story. But...here goes...when we evolved, we stayed in a small territory and interacting with less than 300 people. Many of the heuristics we developed were energy savers and also mostly accurate. Availability bias, for example, maps to wha…
Oh, gosh...well I always preface any evolutionary explanation with the caveat that it is a just so story. But...here goes...when we evolved, we stayed in a small territory and interacting with less than 300 people. Many of the heuristics we developed were energy savers and also mostly accurate. Availability bias, for example, maps to what is actually the most frequent if you only experience a small territory and only a handful of folks. Second order thinking is effortful. We are energy savers and a lot of heuristics work well enough in many environments. The problem is that when they don't, they really don't. I don't think we have caught up with ourselves or our environments.
Thanks Annie. I think you hit the nail on the head “I don't think we have caught up with ourselves or our environments.”
I often compare how we evolve in work and out of work, and how you mimic others to do well in that work environment that ultimately hinders most when they leave
Oh, gosh...well I always preface any evolutionary explanation with the caveat that it is a just so story. But...here goes...when we evolved, we stayed in a small territory and interacting with less than 300 people. Many of the heuristics we developed were energy savers and also mostly accurate. Availability bias, for example, maps to what is actually the most frequent if you only experience a small territory and only a handful of folks. Second order thinking is effortful. We are energy savers and a lot of heuristics work well enough in many environments. The problem is that when they don't, they really don't. I don't think we have caught up with ourselves or our environments.
Thanks Annie. I think you hit the nail on the head “I don't think we have caught up with ourselves or our environments.”
I often compare how we evolve in work and out of work, and how you mimic others to do well in that work environment that ultimately hinders most when they leave