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Nov 2022
13m 28s

The Error of Discounting the Unexpected

JONATHAN CUTRELL
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We don't think about the unexpected as a category of possible outcomes. This leads us to assign overestimated probabilities to things that are front of mind, and discount the likelihood of things we don't expect. This may lead us to prepare for expected events without consideration for what we'll do in the face of the unexpected.

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