Priming plants ideas in your mind that influence your actions later – and you have no idea it’s happening. From wine choices to political opinions, your System 1 is being manipulated constantly by stimuli you never noticed.
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The Coherence Trap: Seeing Is Believing (Essay #4)
That warm feeling when something “just makes sense”? It’s not truth – it’s your unconscious mind running a con on your conscious one. Welcome to cognitive ease.
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Mental Shortcuts: How Heuristics Shape Our Worldview (Essay #3)
Think plane crashes are more dangerous than car rides? Convinced crime is skyrocketing? Your brain’s taking shortcuts that feel right but lead you straight to wrong conclusions. Here’s why.
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The Law of Least Effort: Why Your Brain Is Lazy (Essay #2)
Your brain treats effortful thinking like an expensive operation that needs justification. The Law of Least Effort guarantees you’ll rely on fast, error-prone intuitions when careful analysis would serve you better.
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The Two Systems: Fast, Effortless Thinking vs. Slow, Hard Work (Essay #1)
Your brain has two systems: one that’s fast and wrong, another that’s slow and lazy. Guess which one runs your political opinions? We’re all operating on autopilot while wondering why everyone else is so stupid.
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Coast Guard Gets Luxury Jets While Troops Work Without Pay
Noem signs $200 million contract for private aircraft during shutdown The government may have run out of money for paychecks but somehow found $200 million for private jets. While Coast… Read More
Epstein Survivors Return to Capitol – Still Begging for Justice
The discharge petition needs two more Republican signatures to force a vote on releasing the files Epstein survivors are scheduled to return to the Capitol on October 8th. They’re planning… Read More
The $2 Billion Trump Crypto Scam
How the Trump family turned Middle East diplomacy into a crypto cash grab
Read MoreThe 9/11 Bill Comes Due
How 24 Years of Post-9/11 Fiscal Fantasy Led to Trump’s Hidden Tax on Working Families
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When a Sex Offender and a Former Prime Minister Built a Surveillance Company
Epstein used Ehud Barak to embed himself in the surveillance industry Yesterday, over 100,000 emails from former Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Barak’s inbox were leaked by a hacker group called… Read More