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Alist of ideas, in no particular order and from different fields, that help explain how the world works: Depressive Realism: Depressed people have a more accurate view of the world because they’re more realistic about how risky and fragile life is. The opposite of “blissfully unaware.” Skill Compensation: People who are exceptionally good at one thing tend to be exceptionally poor at another. Curse of Knowledge: The inability to communicate your ideas because you wrongly assume others have the necessary background to understand what you’re talking about. Base Rates: The success rate of everyone who’s done what you’re about to try. Base-Rate Neglect: Assuming the success rate of everyone who’s done what you’re about to try doesn’t apply to you, caused by overestimating the extent to which you do things differently than everyone else. Compassion Fade: People have more compassion for small groups of victims than larger groups, because the smaller the group the easier it is to identify ind

100 Little Ideas Feb 20, 2020 SHARE ↓ by Morgan Housel @morganhousel Copy Link A list of ideas, in no particular order and from different fields, that help explain how the world works: Depressive Realism : Depressed people have a more accurate view of the world because they’re more realistic about how risky and fragile life is. The opposite of “blissfully unaware.” Skill Compensation : People who are exceptionally good at one thing tend to be exceptionally poor at another. Curse of Knowledge : The inability to communicate your ideas because you wrongly assume others have the necessary bac

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