Hindsight Bias: Why You Make Terrible Life Choices

Nir’s Note: Discover other reasons you make terrible life choices like confirmation bias, distinction bias, extrinsic motivation, fundamental attribution error, hyperbolic discounting, and peak end rule.

By: Erik Johnson and Nir Eyal

In 2000, a 69-year-old man began experiencing a persistent cough, chest discomfort, and weight loss. His physician…