We mistake prediction for understanding. In long-term relationships—romantic partnerships, friendships, family bonds—we develop the capacity to anticipate behavior with remarkable accuracy. We know what our partner will order at a restaurant, how our friend will react to bad news, which topics will trigger our sibling's defensiveness. This predictive skill creates a powerful illusion: that we … Continue reading The Illusion of Knowing: How Familiarity Masks the Opacity of Others
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The Functional Migration Problem
You're alone in a quiet room when the concept hits: you've been defending a dead project because of what you already spent, not what you'll gain. The recognition restructures your decision. Three months later someone deploys that same concept in a meeting to diagnose someone else's error. The project continues anyway. A concept like "sunk … Continue reading The Functional Migration Problem
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