Behavior Often Reflect a Context Rather Than a Personality

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behavior often reflect a context rather than a personality

influence des croissants chauds sur la bonté humaine, Daniel Kahneman

linked to the fundamental attribution error: when someone mess up, don’t explain this by invoking the person internal reasons. Instead, find some contextual reasons.

often the system is perfectly designed to generate the result it did

people do good things for a mixture of good and bad reasons and do bad things for a mixture of good and bad reasons

people do good things for a mixture of good and bad reasons and do bad things for a mixture of good and bad reasons.

— Daniel Kahneman, in (https://fs.blog/knowledge-project-podcast/daniel-kahneman/)

epistemic modesty, narrative bias

Notes linking here

• Daniel Kahneman: Putting Your Intuition on Ice
• grande Histoire des petites histoires
• identifying cognitive biases helps feeling better

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