Cognitive Biases: Part Two

About this episode

We map 17 common cognitive biases that shape how we judge people, weigh risk, and make choices, then show simple ways to trade certainty for curiosity and move from autopilot to agency. The aim is not perfection, but practical awareness that leads to better decisions.

• egocentric and self‑serving biases color self‑perception
• fundamental attribution error and the empathy gap with others
• halo effect and the cost of first impressions
• hindsight bias and memory rewriting
• availability and recency biases skew risk and performance
• stereotypes and false priors shortcut people into boxes
• binary bias flattens nuance into all‑or‑nothing
• in‑group bias and the pull of tribal loyalty
• bandwagon bias and social proof over logic
• authority bias and status signals overriding doubt
• loss aversion, status quo bias, and the endowment effect
• sunk cost fallacy and how to exit cleanly
• survivorship bias and base rates for realism
• framing effect and how language steers judgment
• practical tools: name the bias, add context, choose future‑first

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