http://www.overcomingbias.com/2009/01/a-tale-of-two-tradeoffs.html Overcoming Bias is economist Robin Hanson’s blog, on honesty, signaling, disagreement, forecasting, and the far future. Fri, 19 Mar 2010 03:04:37 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 http://www.overcomingbias.com/2009/01/a-tale-of-two-tradeoffs.html#comment-434988 Overcoming Bias: Near and Far Thinking | danielmiessler.com Wed, 21 Oct 2009 05:51:30 +0000 http://prod.ob.trike.com.au/2009/01/a-tale-of-two-tradeoffs.html#comment-434988 [...] Near and Far Thinking (A Tale of Two Tradeoffs) | overcomingbias.com ] Related PostsOvercoming Bias: Show-Off BiasOvercoming Bias: Semantic [...] [...] Near and Far Thinking (A Tale of Two Tradeoffs) | overcomingbias.com ] Related PostsOvercoming Bias: Show-Off BiasOvercoming Bias: Semantic [...]

]]> http://www.overcomingbias.com/2009/01/a-tale-of-two-tradeoffs.html#comment-434349 Overcoming Bias : Fear of Near Death Thoughts Fri, 09 Oct 2009 04:31:18 +0000 http://prod.ob.trike.com.au/2009/01/a-tale-of-two-tradeoffs.html#comment-434349 [...] would succeed a lot more.  Instead, however, we fear thinking about our own death, especially in near mode.  Near mode favors practical analytical reasoning, while far mode favors symbolic creative [...] [...] would succeed a lot more.  Instead, however, we fear thinking about our own death, especially in near mode.  Near mode favors practical analytical reasoning, while far mode favors symbolic creative [...]

]]> http://www.overcomingbias.com/2009/01/a-tale-of-two-tradeoffs.html#comment-433814 Overcoming Bias : This is the Dream Time Tue, 29 Sep 2009 17:21:06 +0000 http://prod.ob.trike.com.au/2009/01/a-tale-of-two-tradeoffs.html#comment-433814 [...] a near mode designed more for practical concrete reasoning about things up close, and a far mode designed more for presenting a good image to others via our abstract reasoning about things far away.  But our [...] [...] a near mode designed more for practical concrete reasoning about things up close, and a far mode designed more for presenting a good image to others via our abstract reasoning about things far away.  But our [...]

]]> http://www.overcomingbias.com/2009/01/a-tale-of-two-tradeoffs.html#comment-432345 Just how many people are you, anyway? « Robert Wiblin Sat, 05 Sep 2009 02:55:33 +0000 http://prod.ob.trike.com.au/2009/01/a-tale-of-two-tradeoffs.html#comment-432345 [...] Robin Hanson proposes that the image and action parts of the brain are more integrated and different triggers [...] [...] Robin Hanson proposes that the image and action parts of the brain are more integrated and different triggers [...]

]]> http://www.overcomingbias.com/2009/01/a-tale-of-two-tradeoffs.html#comment-388676 Nick Tarleton Sun, 25 Jan 2009 20:30:10 +0000 http://prod.ob.trike.com.au/2009/01/a-tale-of-two-tradeoffs.html#comment-388676 I don't know what happened there - the URL was http://www.economist.com/science/displaystory.cfm?story_id=12971028 . I don’t know what happened there – the URL was http://www.economist.com/science/displaystory.cfm?story_id=12971028 .

]]> http://www.overcomingbias.com/2009/01/a-tale-of-two-tradeoffs.html#comment-388675 Nick Tarleton Sun, 25 Jan 2009 20:29:37 +0000 http://prod.ob.trike.com.au/2009/01/a-tale-of-two-tradeoffs.html#comment-388675 This sounds like an example: <a href='http://www.economist.com/science/displaystory.cfm?story_id=12971028" rel="nofollow">Why people procrastinate | Motivating minds | The Economist</a> This sounds like an example: