The Blindspots Between Us by Gleb Tsipursky

Author:Gleb Tsipursky
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Cognitive bias;confirmation bias;sunken costs;implicit bias;halo effect;horns effect;decisions;decision-making;thinking errors;brain;mind;errors in thinking;Availability Heuristic;Self-Serving Bias;Attentional Bias;Actor-Observer Bias;Functional Fixedness;Anchoring Bias;Misinformation Effect;False Consensus Effect;Optimism Bias;mental shortcuts;heuristics
Publisher: New Harbinger Publications
Published: 2020-03-16T18:46:42+00:00

Conclusion

I hope you, like me, agree that the sundown town experience seems abhorrent now. Yet consider the nature of that past experience from today’s perspective. Large communities adopted this approach, and did so proudly, with the support of many people still living today as I write these words in 2018. For a more recent and controversial change, take the example of accepting LGBTQ lifestyles as fully legitimate: indeed, the issue of gay marriage that divides the Methodist Church was confirmed as the law of the land in the US only in 2015. What are other issues that we see as a normal and everyday practice for which people living a decade or two from now might criticize us? Perhaps societal ethics will shift to seeing meat-eating as unacceptable? Perhaps driving gas-guzzling cars that pollute the environment will be out of bounds? Reflecting on the future of our society’s ethics from the perspective of past experience is an excellent exercise for addressing horns effects and halo effects now. For more ideas on addressing horns and halo effects, see the book’s website: http://disasteravoidanceexperts.com/blindspots.

Even if our gut reactions don’t cause us to have unfounded negative reactions—and especially if they do—our relationships can still be brought down by communication difficulties. In the next chapter, we’ll look at such challenges, the cognitive biases that cause them and how you can defend yourself from such dangerous judgment errors.

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