Scenarios about 'cognitive bias'
Cognitive biases are systematic patterns of deviation from norm or rationality in judgment that occur due to perceptual distortions, inaccurate judgments, illogical interpretations, or what is broadly called irrationality. These mental shortcuts affect historical interpretation by influencing how evidence is selected, weighed, and synthesized into narratives. In alternate history scenarios, understanding cognitive biases helps explain how historical actors made decisions and how present-day historians might project modern values onto past events.
What If Behavioral Economics Emerged Earlier?
Exploring the alternate timeline where behavioral economics developed in the 1940s instead of the 1970s, potentially transforming economics, policy-making, and social welfare decades ahead of our timeline.