INTRODUCTION
Autonomy Lost
You may not realize it, but you’ve lost your mind. We all have. In fact, we lose our minds all the time, often several times a day. We do this when we blindly outsource our thinking to technologies, experts, and rules.
The domains in which this occurs vary from everyday decisions such as what we buy (recommendations related to our prior purchases) to the life-or-death choices we make about our health (advice given by medical professionals). Stop and think about the last few decisions you made: Why did you make them? Is it possible that you were influenced by technologies, experts, or rules?
Perhaps your doctor notes your high cholesterol levels suggest you should begin taking a statin. She highlights almost every ...
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