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10 Hidden Factors Influencing Your Decisions

  1. 0:00Your memory of an event ignores its duration
  2. 0:30Ease of memory leads us to overestimate rare events
  3. 0:54You subconsciously prefer the letters in your own name
  4. 1:22Thinking about an object makes its importance grow
  5. 1:45The first number you hear dictates your future estimates
  6. 2:16You would not notice if your life changed suddenly
  7. 2:50You are convinced the outcome was predictable all along
  8. 3:22You assume your future self wants what you want now
  9. 3:48A third option changes which of two items you prefer
  10. 4:19You seek useless information just to feel more certain