"In the previous chapter, we met the action bias. Is it the opposite of the omission bias? Not quite. **The action bias causes us to offset a lack of clarity with futile hyperactivity, and comes into play when a situation is fuzzy, muddy or contradictory. The omission bias,** on the other hand, usually abounds where the situation is intelligible: **a future misfortune might be averted with direct action, but this insight doesn’t motivate us as much as it should.**” -- --- **Tags** — [[quotes]], [[action-bias]], [[volunteer-folly]] , [[procrastination]], [[patience]], [[omission-bias]], **Source** — [[202308101525 — B — The Art of Thinking Clearly]]