"Predictably Irrational"
29 Jul 2025 · 0 min

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Human behavior looks irrational but follows predictable patterns. The speaker identifies three basic human truths that explain why we make illogical decisions in consistent ways.

Human behavior looks irrational but follows predictable patterns. The speaker identifies three basic human truths that explain why we make illogical decisions in consistent ways.
I know this sounds overwhelming, but there's good news. While humans are irrational, we are predictably irrational. And as I spend my Saturday nights cozied up in bed with a stack of research papers— kind of wish that was a joke— we find that these irrational behaviors fall into 3 consistent patterns that we call our 3 basic human truths.

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