"Many of our cognitive biases and strategic shortcuts encourage us to make decisions quickly, because thinking is hard and takes up valuable brain power. In general, this habit has worked well for us evolutionarily, because relying on accepted answers from our communities and culture has the added benefit of minimizing disruptions in those groups." (~[Location 2615](https://readwise.io/to_kindle?action=open&asin=B081J97HLQ&location=2615)~) *** **Tags** — [[quotes]], [[mental-models]] , [[type-one-thinking]], [[making-decisions]], [[action-bias]] **Source** — [[202308170952 — B — Why Are We Yelling]]