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Decision Making And The Law Of Unintended Consequences

Our worst decisions are only later known to us as being terrible ones. When we make those decisions, we think of them as good ones

We take shortcuts and solve problems in a quick-fix, rapid-relief method. We don’t consider any long-term effects or where the dominos will fall based on our choices.

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The Law Of Unintended Consequences

There are many situations and disastrous circumstances where impulsive and emotional solutions are applied, which apparently solve the problem but unintentionally create new problems or collateral damage that may be worse. This is known as The Law Of Unintended Consequences.

Avoiding The Law Of Unintended Consequences

Some basic techniques we can apply to minimize the unintended problems:

Reasons We Suffer From The Law Of Unintended Consequences

We play it safe and do not want to take the time and investigate the root cause of a problem.
Our many cognitive biases act like blind spots, making us only see immediate threats.
We focus on something visual and available...