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Most of us make bad decisions. It's part to be human. The causing flaws can be valuable, the storyline will go, because we learn from them. But do we? Historian Zachary Shoreline says no, not always, and he has a long list of cases to show his point.From colonialism to globalization, from gender wars to civil wars, or any situation for which our best alternatives backfire, Shore shows how rigid thinking can subtly lead us to undermine ourselves. In the process, he identifies seven "cognition traps" to avoid. These insidious yet unavoidable mind-sets include:-Exposure Stress and anxiety: concern with being viewed as weak-Causefusion: confusing the sources of complex events -Flat View: viewing the world in a single dimension-Cure-Allism: thinking that one-size alternatives can solve all problems-Infomania: an obsessive romance to information-Mirror Imaging: thinking the other aspect thinks as if you do-Static Cling: the refusal to simply accept that circumstances have changedDrawing on cases from background, politics, business and economics, health care, even folk tales and popular culture, Shoreline illustrates the profound impact blunders can have. But he also emphasizes how understanding these seven simple cognition traps can help us all make wiser judgments in our daily lives.For anybody whose best-laid plans have been foiled by defective thinking, Blunder shines the penetrating spotlight of background on decision making and the patterns of thought that may lead us all astray.

Category: Decision-Making & Problem Solving