From the course: Making Better Decisions by Thinking in Bets

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Seek to disagree in group decision-making

Seek to disagree in group decision-making

- [Annie] Now, I don't know for sure, but you may catch me saying wrong or right as well. And the reason is that this stuff is really hard. Just as you said, we're sort of hardwired, into this very black and white thinking. We're very hard wired, to connect outcomes and decision quality. To declare ourselves or somebody else wrong, or ourselves or somebody else right. And it's really, really hard to overcome particularly on your own. It's hard to spot in ourselves. The good news is, and this is sort of, again, getting down and to digging down into that question that you asked about, how can we help make this better? Is that we're pretty good at spotting it in other people. So it's not surprising that I spotted it in you. It's easy to see that. If I had made the same declaration, oh well, I'm wrong all the time. You'd say, "But wait a minute Annie, you just said, "Why are you thinking about things as right and wrong."…

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