Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction, 1. The allure of fluency: Why things look so easy 2. Confirmation bias: how we can go wrong when trying to be right 3. The challenge of causal attribution: why we shouldn't be so sure when we give credit or assign blame 4. The perils of example: what we miss when we rely on anecdotes 5. Negativity bias: how our fear or loss can lead us astray 6. Biased interpretation: why we fail to see things as they are 7. The dangers of perspective-taking: why others don't always get what's obvious to us 8. The trouble with delayed gratification: how our present self misunderstands our future self Epilogue Acknowledgements Notes Index

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