01
Too Much Information30 biases
There's too much coming in, so the brain filters. We notice what's already primed, what's striking, what's changed, and what confirms what we already think.
Availability Heuristic8
Anchoring Bias6
Confirmation Bias8
Framing Effects8
02
Not Enough Meaning27 biases
The world is confusingly sparse, so we fill the gaps. We build stories, generalize from a little, read intent into accidents, and assume we know what others think.
Narrative Fallacy5
Stereotyping7
Authority Bias5
Attribution Error9
Cognitive Dissonance1
03
Need to Act Fast42 biases
We're short on time and certainty, so we leap. We favor the immediate, the familiar, and whatever protects the effort we've already sunk in.
Overconfidence Bias11
Loss Aversion6
Present Bias5
Sunk Cost Fallacy5
Status Quo Bias4
Groupthink11
04
What We Remember24 biases
We can't keep everything, so we edit. We save the gist, the peaks, and the most recent — and quietly rewrite the rest.
Peak-End Rule1
Recency Effect1
Von Restorff Effect1
Embodied Cognition1
Other Memory Biases20
05
Other Niche Biases34 biases
Statistical, situational, and embodied biases that don't sit neatly in one bucket but still bend the call.
Statistical/Mathematical8
Assessment/Evaluation6
Professional/Situational10
Physical/Embodied2
Technology/Modern2
Psychological State6