Philosophy Wire: Irrelevant information… Hubris!

According to new research from behavioral economists, irrelevant information or unavailable options often cause people to make bad choices. When both elements are present, the probability of a poor decision is even greater. Through an experiment involving 222 individual tests each consisting of more than 40 questions, research revealed that decisions made in an environment of irrelevant information carry time, cognitive, and consequence costs. [1] Humans trying to decipher the cosmos. Trying to decide what to do. Trying to analyze things and think of the next step. But they fail to see that there is nowhere to go. Where you are is where you will always be. Discard of all those useless choices. Stand tall. Crying out for the cosmos to Be: Our greatest hubris was not a choice we made! But our belief that we even had one!

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Philosophy Wire: Feeling more powerful… Just by taking the… elevator.

New research shows that elevation in an office building can increase someone's willingness to take financial risks because it makes people feel more powerful. [1] We lost centuries debating whether humans feel powerful enough to think they are gods. Philosophers argued for years on whether we are arrogant or simply self-knowledgeable. Tons of ink spent on writing on the subject of human power and our modern state of thinking. But at the end, it is not so complicated. We feel powerful from the very moment we start climbing the stairs. We feel more and more powerful as we move one. Step by step, we reach the top. And there, we feel invincible. Simply by taking the elevator. Simple and crude. This is what hubris looks like. Don’t take that first step. Don’t start that journey. You are already home. Look down and touch the dirty soil. God is there…

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