Blunder, by Zachary Shore

"Blunder" is a book about "cognition traps", which are mental conditions that prevent us from understanding a situation clearly and lead us into making wrong decisions. In contrast to most books of this type, the author has taken many examples from geopolitics instead of relying only on business stories.

But I am not really sure that even if we know about cognition traps, we can prevent ourselves from being trapped by them. There will always be blind spots caused by our belief systems and the people in our circle of trust. The best way perhaps is to broaden our circle of information and trust and ensure that we are exposed to people and information sources that have different viewpoints. The greatest danger is certainty and the solution is doubt.

Tags: psychology politics