Hacking Climate Action
The cognitive biases holding us back
Sep 23, 2020 · 4 min read
In his Atlantic article, “America is Trapped in a Pandemic Spiral,” Ed Yong presents a shrewd analysis of America’s many failures in addressing Covid-19. He traces these back to cognitive biases, such as false dichotomies and magical thinking, that have hamstrung our response since March. Many of these same faulty thinking patterns have been present in our…
