The five cognitive distortions of people who get things done
I would call this speculative, but it is nonetheless of interest, let me pull from Jason Kottke:
This is a presentation and therefore missing a bunch of key context, but Michael Dearing’s The Five Cognitive Distortions of People Who Get Stuff Done is interesting reading nonetheless. The five distortions are:
1. Personal exceptionalism
2. Dichotomous thinking
3. Correct overgeneralization
4. Blank canvas thinking
5. SchumpeterianismThat last one is likely a head-scratcher to those of us without economics backgrounds; here’s what Dearing has to say about it:
Definition – sees creative destruction as natural, necessary, and as their vocation
Benefits – fearlessness, tolerance for destruction and pain
Deadly risk – heartless ambition, alienation