Tag
technology
Entries tagged with technology - exploring this theme across cognitive biases, logical fallacies, mental models, and more.
10 concepts
Betrayal Aversion
We'd rather face a worse outcome from chance than a better one that carries any risk of being betrayed by another person.
Psychological PhenomenonCognitive Load
When the demands on your working memory exceed its capacity, your ability to think clearly, make good decisions, and resist manipulation drops sharply.
Manipulation TacticDark Patterns
Deliberately deceptive design choices that trick people into doing things they didn't intend to do.
Technology & SocietyDigital Amnesia
Digital amnesia is forgetting what we let our devices remember for us. The 'Google effect', why it happens, and what it costs.
Technology & SocietyDoomscrolling
Doomscrolling is compulsively scrolling through bad news that leaves you worse off but unable to stop. Why we do it, and how feeds exploit it.
Technology & SocietyEnshittification
Enshittification is how online platforms decay - good to you at first, then squeezed for profit until barely usable. The pattern, and why it happens.
Systems ThinkingNetwork Effects
When a product, platform, or system becomes more valuable to each user as more people use it - creating powerful winner-take-all dynamics.
Systems ThinkingPath Dependence
Where you end up depends on where you started - and the route you took matters more than the destination you intended.
Cognitive BiasStatus Quo Bias
The preference for the current state of affairs, where any change is perceived as a loss.
Systems ThinkingTipping Points
The critical threshold at which a small change triggers a rapid, often irreversible shift in the behaviour of a system.