Misbelief by Dan Ariely
8 out of 10Do elites conspire to fool the public? Sometimes. But, way way way more often, our minds are susceptible to imagine villains in order to clarify a foggy and chaotic world. This is particularly prevalent among overly stressed people who feel that they deserve more success.
Exciting fictions, desire for control, cognitive biases, social status, and faceless bureaucracies can lead us astray. Perhaps the future will have more tools to help us when our irrationality becomes problematic.