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The Straight Line Instinct
Our tendency to assume that a line will just continue straight and ignoring that such lines are RARE in reality.
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The Size Instinct
Our tendency to get things out of proportion, or misjudge the size of things .
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The Gap Instinct
Our tendency to divide things into two distinct and often conflicting groups with an imagined gap between them (e.g. us and them).
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The Generalization Instinct
Our tendency to mistakenly group together things or people, or countries that are actually very different.
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The Single Perspective
Our tendency to focus on a single cause or perspective when it comes to understanding the world (e.g. forming your worldview by relying on the media, alone).
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The Negativity Instinct
Our tendency to notice the bad more than the good (e.g. believing that things are getting worse when things are actually getting better).
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The Fear Instinct.
Our hardwired tendency to pay more attention to frightening things.
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Short Summary
• Factfulness is about the ten instincts that distort our perspective of the world and prevent us from seeing how it actually is.
10 Instincts That DISTORT Our Perspective Are:
1. The Gap Instinct
2. The Negativity Instinct
3. The ...
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The Blame Instinct
Our tendency to find a clear, simple reason for why something bad has happened.
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The Destiny Instinct
The idea that innate characteristics determine the destinies of people, countries, religions, or cultures; that things are as they are because of INESCAPABLE reasons.
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The Urgency Instinct
Our tendency to take immediate action in the face of perceived imminent danger, and in doing so, amplifying our other instincts.
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