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Mar 2025
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The Psychology of Why Prediction Can Be ...

Morgan Housel
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A few ideas on why prediction is so hard, and the weird things than happen in our head when we want certain outcome to be true. 

Thanks to my friends at Eight Sleep. Check out eightsleep.com/morganhousel for more.

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