"It'll be fine" and other lies we tell ourselves

https://thinkingaboutbehavior.substack.com/p/itll-be-fine-and-other-lies-we-tell

by tanepiper • 1 year ago

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Trasmatta• 1 year ago

The other side of this is the catastrophizing bias. Some people fall into the trap of always assuming the worst outcome in every situation. The post mentioned COVID, and there were just as many people on that end of the spectrum (expecting it to be much worse than it actually was).

You see this attitude all the time in prepper communities.

marssaxman• 1 year ago

Even if you can see that it's probably not going to be fine, the future could become not-fine in so many different directions that it may be impossible to prepare for all of them at once. After the catastrophe arrives, it will be too late to prepare, but before it begins, it may also be too early to know how to prepare. In the meantime, "it's not clear what, if anything, I can reasonably do" results in behavior indistinguishable from "it'll be fine."

"It'll be fine" and other lies we tell ourselves

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