I've just had a crazy idea, what if it serves me better to think about my mind as flawed by design? I stumbled upon a pretty neat infographic called: "cognitive bias infographic" go ahead, google that, and take a quick look at it. There are maybe about 200 mental biasses. All of these are generic, documented, known but, I bet everyone has another 50 or so personal biases, or cultural, or trauma-based or God knows where from. So, I thought, on a regular day, just roaming around interacting with other humans I'm probably parsing reality through some custom-made combo of biases determined by context. Well, of course, I will be 100% certain that I'm right, and I'll pull out my best arguments to prove my point, but is this the right thing to do if I want to be less wrong? I breathe in, think the situation through, resolve it with one answer or another, pull out this "cognitive bias infographic" and then see what bias my mind is playing into. Then, reconsider my opinion in the light of this new cognitive knowledge - not a very practical method but hey, it's a step towards debugging the mind.
I just wish there was a Neurallink app for that. Something that flashes red-lights into the periphery of my retina - with a little message: "Illusion of transparency - You think you know what other people are thinking". On a typical Friday-night drinking with friends I should turn the thing off otherwise it'll be flashing error lights in my eyes constantly. Does anyone make apps for debugging the mind? If not maybe it's about time to think about it. Instagram has some features, (hide like counts and usage alerts) android, apple, macs now track the screen time with detailed info about what app I used the most. That's good, but maybe we need more tools that point our mental biases instead of taking advantage of them - see Dark UX patterns.
I just wish there was a Neurallink app for that. Something that flashes red-lights into the periphery of my retina - with a little message: "Illusion of transparency - You think you know what other people are thinking". On a typical Friday-night drinking with friends I should turn the thing off otherwise it'll be flashing error lights in my eyes constantly. Does anyone make apps for debugging the mind? If not maybe it's about time to think about it. Instagram has some features, (hide like counts and usage alerts) android, apple, macs now track the screen time with detailed info about what app I used the most. That's good, but maybe we need more tools that point our mental biases instead of taking advantage of them - see Dark UX patterns.
Kind of like you are a gamer controlling you character in a video game.