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Sep 2020
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#245 Cognitive bias with David Dylan Tho...

James Royal-Lawson & Per Axbom
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We all have cognitive biases, flaws in our reasoning and judgement due to our personal beliefs and hidden pattens that we’ve subconsciously adopted over time. David Dylan Thomas joins us to discuss cognitive bias and how we can design for it and work with it. 
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