Essays
50 Essays on Mind, Choice, Money, Business and AI + Human
Written for curious non-specialists: people who want evidence without academic fog, practical implications without simplistic “life hacks,” and questions that remain useful after the page is closed.
Choice
Behavioural science, decision-making, biases, habits and judgement.
- 11Why Intelligent People Make Irrational DecisionsIntelligence improves reasoning. It does not remove the machinery that produces bias.2 min read
- 12Why Losing ₹10,000 Hurts More Than Gaining ₹10,000 Feels GoodLosses are not simply negative gains. They often occupy more psychological space.2 min read
- 13Why Too Many Choices Can Make Us Choose NothingMore options increase freedom—and sometimes increase the work required to use it.2 min read
- 14Why the First Number You See Changes What You DecideAnchors work quietly because judgement needs somewhere to begin.2 min read
- 15Why We Look for Evidence That Proves Us RightThe mind prefers a lawyer to a judge when its own beliefs are on trial.2 min read
- 16Why Doing Nothing Often Feels Safer Than Making a DecisionInaction hides its fingerprints.2 min read
- 17Why We Make Different Decisions When the Same Facts Are Framed DifferentlyInformation does not arrive naked. It arrives wearing language.2 min read
- 18Why Urgency Makes Us Choose DifferentlyScarcity narrows attention—and what falls outside the tunnel can matter later.2 min read
- 19Why We Copy Other People When We Are UnsureWhen information is incomplete, other people become evidence.2 min read
- 20Why Today's Reward Often Beats Tomorrow's Bigger RewardThe future self is important. The present self has better access to the wallet.2 min read
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