Anna Salamon

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First saved Learned Blankness on August 4, 2026.

Humans are not automatically strategic Aug 8 5 min
Most people pursue goals through far less effective routes than they could find, because good strategy takes deliberate effort and nothing pushes us toward it by default.
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Learned Blankness Aug 4 6 min
How labeling a domain as one you "just don't understand," like mechanical things or math, makes people stop thinking before they've tried the obvious next question.
Related
- Humans are not automatically strategicAnna Salamon
- How to be more agenticCate Hall
- Strong Opinions, Weakly HeldAbraham Thomas
- Risk-takers decide fasterSebastian Bensusan
Read the original of Learned Blankness (opens in a new tab)

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