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The Psychology of Human Misjudgment by Charles T. Munger is the single best thing I've read on this topic: http://www.hb.org/the-psychology-of-human-misjudgment
by frozenmangos 10y ago
The Psychology of Human Misjudgment by Charles T. Munger is the single best thing I've read on this topic: http://www.hb.org/the-psychology-of-human-misjudgment-by-charles-t-munger/ http://www.hb.org/the-psychology-of-human-misjudgment-by-cha...
I think it's unique to tech that people are biased toward thinking things are good just because they're new. I've found that in most of the rest of the world, people think new things are dangerous, frightening, insubordinate, disruptive, and irritating.
- cle 10y ago> I think it's unique to tech that people are biased toward thinking things are good just because they're new. I take it you haven't worked at a big company? Companies get big, stakes get high, people get entrenched and complacent--and newness is viewed exactly as you describe.
- kpmah 10y agoForgive me for getting political, but I think Trump was a good non-tech example of 'good because it's new'. Without a voting record and few concrete policies people were free to project their hopes on to him. I have also noticed the 'dangerous/frightening because it's new' bias. I don't understand why it flips one way or the other. People are weird! :)
- LyndsySimon 10y agoThis seems very apt to me. I voted for Trump, and found my justification after I had decided that I would probably do so. The bottom line was that I wasn't going to vote for Clinton and Trump was the only other viable option. I've also chosen relatively untested libraries for projects because I'd already used the more mature choice for another project and hated it :)