How being irrational helps us cooperate and survive
We are right to be rational and to try to increase our production and so keep manufacturing costs down. But we are also right to cherish those very imperfections we are endeavouring to eliminate. Social life consists in destroying that which gives it its savour.
theconvivialsociety.substack.com • The Limits of Optimization
theme that “survival of the fittest” connotes, a more accurate description would be “survival of the cooperative and collaborative.”
Lynne Twist • The Soul of Money: Transforming Your Relationship with Money and Life
We’re all irrational, all emotional. Emotion is a necessary element to decision making that we ignore at our own peril. Realizing that hits people hard between the eyes.
Tahl Raz • Never Split the Difference: Negotiating As If Your Life Depended On It
it is easier to act and cooperate effectively when you understand the human mind, understand your own mind, and understand how to deal with your inner fears, biases and complexes.