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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 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 Size Instinct
Our tendency to get things out of proportion, or misjudge the size of things .
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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 Fear Instinct.
Our hardwired tendency to pay more attention to frightening 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 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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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 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 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 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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The Generalization Instinct
- This instinct can make us mistakenly group together things that are actually very different.
- It can make us assume everything or everyone in one category is similar.
- It can make us jump to conclusions about a whole category based on...
The Size Instinct
The size instinct describes our tendency to get things out of proportion, or misjudge the size of things.
To avoid getting things out of proportion you need only these tools: comparing and dividing:
- Compare. Big numbers always look big. Single nu...
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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