--- topic: [[Thinking]] people: #people/samharris created: 2023-02-21 --- *assume your first instinct is wrong, your instincts were designed for another time and place.* This reminds me of [[modern ancient mismatch]] It's kind of like [[Thinking Fast and Slow]] and [[Thinking in Systems]] give you ways to combat your [[cognitive biases]] This is a frame of mind to [[don't believe everything you think]], the path to enlightenment goes through counterintuitive phases, like the key to psychological safety is it being on for the leader to be imperfect and [[modeling vulnerability]] This matters because we are prone to believing our instincts, they make so much sense to us! However, we need to [[acknowledge and redirect]] our first instinct to get past it! ##### What would the opposite argument be? Our instincts are a key to being able to get through the day. Trust your instinct is an important feature of being an expert. %% tags: #note/idea %% ##### Sources: Waking Up Podcast with Sam Harris