{"product_id":"book-2ga2","title":"Cognitive Biases in a Nutshell","description":"\u003ch4\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe decisions you're most certain about are the ones your brain is quietly rigging against you.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/h4\u003e \u003cp\u003eYou like to think of yourself as rational. Yet how often have you replayed a choice for hours, wondering how you got it so wrong when it felt so right? The truth is that your mind takes shortcuts you never authorized, and they shape what you buy, who you trust, and how you judge others.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThese hiccups run silently in the background, and left unchecked they cost you money, relationships, and opportunities you never even knew you missed.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOnce you can name a bias, you can catch it in the act. This is a plain-English guide to the mental traps everyone falls into, and the foundation of real critical thinking.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn this audiobook, you'll discover:\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eWhy your brain builds these shortcuts\u003c\/b\u003e - the four pressures behind every cognitive bias: too much information, not enough meaning, the need to act fast, and what to remember.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eThe two systems driving every decision\u003c\/b\u003e - how fast, automatic thinking overrides slow, careful reasoning.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eWhy the last thing you heard sticks\u003c\/b\u003e - the availability heuristic, and how vivid recent events skew what feels likely.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eHow a random number warps your judgment\u003c\/b\u003e - the anchoring effect that sets your expectations before you've even thought.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eWhy you defend choices you secretly regret\u003c\/b\u003e - choice-supportive bias and the way memory rewrites the past to protect your ego.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eHow your mood masquerades as logic\u003c\/b\u003e - the affect heuristic that lets a feeling stand in for a fact.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eWhy you only notice what you're looking for\u003c\/b\u003e - attentional bias and where it comes from.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e \u003cp\u003eEverything here is drawn from academic research and organized around the Cognitive Bias Codex, which sorts the biases into four groups you can actually remember.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eYou don't need a psychology degree; every idea arrives through everyday stories and clear examples. Spot the hiccups in your own thinking, and start making decisions you won't spend the next week second-guessing.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"INAudio","offers":[{"title":"Audiobook","offer_id":67760429924656,"sku":"BD2ga2","price":14.85,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/downpour.com\/products\/book-2ga2","provider":"Downpour","version":"1.0","type":"link"}