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Not Enough Meaning

We project our current mindset and assumptions onto the past and future

Impact bias

Description

The tendency for people to overestimate the length or the intensity of future feeling states.

Impact bias in business decision

An employee might overestimate how unhappy they will be if they don't get a promotion, or how much happier a larger office will make them, when the actual emotional impact is often less intense and shorter-lived.

Impact bias in personal life decision

You predict that failing an exam will ruin your life, but you adapt quickly when it happens.