Excerpt Archives - Luca Dellanna Thinking about thinking Sat, 20 Apr 2024 15:36:25 +0000 en hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9 https://luca-dellanna.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/cropped-Site-logo-square-TaT-32x32.png Excerpt Archives - Luca Dellanna 32 32 Problems grow the size they need for you to acknowledge them https://luca-dellanna.com/problems-2/ Sat, 24 Feb 2024 04:00:05 +0000 https://luca-dellanna.com/?p=5011 There are many reasons for which problems appear. However, there is a single reason for which they grow: if we ignore them.

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]]> Races to the bottom https://luca-dellanna.com/races-to-the-bottom/ Fri, 11 Aug 2023 14:00:36 +0000 https://luca-dellanna.com/?p=4525 Life is full of races to the bottom: some careers, businesses, communities, and activities that eventually became a competition for who’s willing to sacrifice more.

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]]> What is ergodicity? A definition and why it’s so important https://luca-dellanna.com/what-is-ergodicity/ Sun, 25 Apr 2021 18:06:48 +0000 https://www.luca-dellanna.com/?p=3458 The post What is ergodicity? A definition and why it’s so important appeared first on Luca Dellanna.

]]> Excerpt from “The Control Heuristic” https://luca-dellanna.com/excerpt-from-the-control-heuristic/ Tue, 08 Sep 2020 13:09:11 +0000 http://www.luca-dellanna.com/?p=2483 The excerpt of Luca Dellanna's book "The Control Heuristic", about irrational and self-harming behavior, and procrastination.

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]]> What are visual illusions, and why do we fall prey to them? https://luca-dellanna.com/visual-illusions/ Tue, 08 Sep 2020 13:02:44 +0000 http://www.luca-dellanna.com/?p=2475 An example of a visual illusion and a simple explanation of the surprising reason we fall prey to them so easily.

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]]> Why do we have moods? https://luca-dellanna.com/moods/ Tue, 08 Sep 2020 12:52:36 +0000 http://www.luca-dellanna.com/?p=2471 Moods are tools to avoid spending time and energy on wasteful actions, and to motivate us in presence of rewards.

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]]> Examples of irrational behavior https://luca-dellanna.com/excerpt-irrational-behaviors-0/ https://luca-dellanna.com/excerpt-irrational-behaviors-0/#comments_reply Tue, 18 Jul 2017 19:45:53 +0000 http://www.luca-dellanna.com/?p=438 Irrational behaviors might actually be rational, at least to the ones enacting them.
Here are some examples.

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]]> https://luca-dellanna.com/excerpt-irrational-behaviors-0/feed/ 0 Bad decisions in life arise from having optimized for the wrong metric https://luca-dellanna.com/optimizing-for-the-wrong-metric/ https://luca-dellanna.com/optimizing-for-the-wrong-metric/#comments_reply Mon, 17 Jul 2017 12:17:09 +0000 http://www.luca-dellanna.com/?p=435 The three points of my tweetstorm that inspired this essay: Unfulfillment arises from using metrics chosen by others as proxies for personal success (e.g. a new car as a proxy for happiness). Sustainability problems arise from using short-term success as…

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]]> https://luca-dellanna.com/optimizing-for-the-wrong-metric/feed/ 0 What the brain wants https://luca-dellanna.com/what-the-brain-wants/ https://luca-dellanna.com/what-the-brain-wants/#comments_reply Tue, 28 Mar 2017 21:40:14 +0000 http://www.luca-dellanna.com/?p=410 The main criterion used by our brain for decision making might not be what you expect. It is Expected Emotional Outcome.

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]]> https://luca-dellanna.com/what-the-brain-wants/feed/ 0 The Grey Area of Company Culture https://luca-dellanna.com/grey-area-company-culture/ https://luca-dellanna.com/grey-area-company-culture/#comments_reply Sat, 25 Mar 2017 19:13:10 +0000 http://www.luca-dellanna.com/?p=387 What do excellent companies do differently than mediocre ones, with regards to their culture?
They allow no grey areas.

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