Psychology: survival, wealth and happiness.

Being familiar with many of the most common cognitive biases is not only useful to lead happier lives; it’s also becoming essential for survival.

Smart People Make Big Money Mistakes. We pursue things that won’t make us happy and perceive the world as more violent than it really is, even as wars have decreased by orders of magnitude. The availability heuristic affects how we (mis-)spend money on security, including in information security.

Jamais Cascio nails it when he says we have trouble envisioning a future that isn’t catastrophic. He appropriately concludes:

Sometimes, being a futurist isn’t about making forecasts or spotting trends.

Sometimes, being a futurist means acting as a civilizational therapist.

All the essays, books and videos linked above can help us do our individual part for this civilizational therapy project. Have fun