Glitch Theology Dispatches
The Optimisation Trap — Why Your Brain’s Refusal to Be Fixed Is the Most Intelligent Thing About You
There is a $4.5 trillion industry built on a single premise: that you are broken, and that the right system, supplement, or subscription can fix you. Productivity apps. Sleep trackers. Dopamine detoxes.…
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The Broken Measuring Stick | Why Your Reality is Relative (The Contrast Effect)
The Contrast Effect is a cognitive bias where our perception of a…
The Cosmic Debt | Why You Fear Being Too Happy (Equilibrium Anxiety)
Equilibrium Anxiety is the psychological suspicion that a period of high success…
The Scarcity of Boredom | The Death of the Idle Mind
"Happiness resides not in possessions, and not in gold, happiness dwells in…
Why Your Brain Loves the Dark Side (The Lure of the Abyss)
"At one time things unite through Love to become all one, at…
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The ‘First Number Wins’ Brain | Why Initial Info Locks Your Decisions (Anchoring Bias)
Anchoring Bias is a cognitive bias that describes the human…
The ‘They’re Just a Jerk’ Brain | Why You Judge Others So Harshly (Fundamental Attribution Error)
The Fundamental Attribution Error (FAE) is the tendency to attribute…
The ‘Know Better, Do Worse’ Brain | Why We Self-Sabotage (Akrasia)
Aristotle's Core Idea: “The incontinent man, knowing that what he…
The ‘Better the Devil You Know’ Brain | Why Change Feels Like a Threat (Status Quo Bias)
Status Quo Bias is a cognitive bias where people exhibit…
The ‘Self-Sabotage’ Brain | Why Fear of a Stereotype Kills Performance (Stereotype Threat)
Stereotype Threat is the situational anxiety that arises when an…
The ‘Never Quit’ Brain | Why You Can’t Stop a F*cking Failure (The Sunk Cost Fallacy)
The Sunk Cost Fallacy is a cognitive bias where people…
The ‘Fact-Resistant’ Brain | Why Data Can’t Change Your Mind (Motivated Reasoning)
Motivated Reasoning is a cognitive bias where emotional and ideological…
The ‘I-Knew-It’ Brain | Why History Always Seems Obvious (Hindsight Bias)
Hindsight Bias is the tendency to see past events as…
The ‘My Precious!’ Brain | Why Your Stuff Is Worth More To You (The Endowment Effect)
The Endowment Effect is a cognitive bias where we value…
The ‘Self-Lie’ Brain | Why Your Mind Defends Bad Decisions (Cognitive Dissonance)
Cognitive Dissonance is the psychological stress experienced when an individual…