Loss Aversion Bias

January 9th, 2010 § 0 comments

 
Loss aversion is an error in our brains that makes us fight like a rabid animal to avoid a small loss, while chewing our cud stupidly when it comes to getting what we want. Data from Kahneman and Tversky suggests we prefer avoiding loss about twice as much as acquiring gains. That’s a trap. View article at petermichaud.com.

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