Chapter Two
Bust your biases
See through the games your brain plays
It is paradoxical yet true to say that the more we know, the more ignorant we become in the absolute sense, for it is only through enlightenment that we become conscious of our limitations. Precisely one of the most gratifying results of intellectual evolution is the continuous opening up of new and greater prospects.
Nikola Tesla
BENEFITS OF THIS MENTAL TACTIC
Systematically surfacing and examining your biases is a way to expand your field of vision – to not only see more clearly but also to see more broadly. This is critical at the evidence-gathering stage. The quality of your analyses and recommendations (outputs) is a function of your inputs (the data and evidence ...
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