Your bias is ruining your opportunities, and you only have yourself to blame. Let me explain why.

• Trust me, I am only telling your this for your own good: your disciplined management of your bias requires a heightened sense of self-awareness that few of us possess.
• We all have some form of bias, it’s normal and makes perfect sense from a survival perspective: a bias against extreme weather, bad smells, bad tastes, or dangerous animals have all helped our ancestors survive.
• In modern times such threats are largely diminished however, so instead we waste our time having some bias against made up things that cannot harm us, or even against things that can actually help us.
• This is why I say bias can ruin you: it can stop you from acting on something that could benefit you.
• Too much caution leads to inaction, which in turn reduces opportunities.
• In politics, in business, in the media, in everyday life I see people who are blinded by their bias.
• They are consumed, even hateful, and cannot see beyond their own entrenched beliefs.
• They disagree with other opinions without even considering them.
• They only agree with what confirms their bias, and reject anything that opposes it, even when the evidence is clear.
• Rational bias against justified risks have been replaced by bias against irrational ones. This is our modern condition.
• I don’t believe such bias is merely common, I believe it is in endemic to modern life.
• We are living in the Age of Irrational Fear.
• Social media algorithms amplify this bias on an industrial scale: “look Ma, everyone in my feed AGREES with me so I must be right”.
• Don’t be such a fool, and don’t befriend them.
• If you surround yourself with fools, you become foolish.
• Don’t close doors on new opportunities because they don’t align with your preconceived notions.
• Don’t reject new friends or partners because they challenge you to think differently.
• Don’t ignore business opportunities because they seem risky or complex on face value.
• Complexity is nothing more than an expression of your lack of understanding yet (with an emphasis on the “yet”).
• Drive to the truth, then let knowledge and reason drive your decisions, not bias.
• And if your opponents are ruined by bias, let them fail and enjoy the show.
• A fool is reassured by their bias, but a wise person questions it.
• That requires an internal monologue, which requires an introspective personality with a high IQ.
• How many people do you know like that, and do you believe they are the majority? Sadly, I think they are not.
• Here is an action plan to help address your own bias, I hope you find it useful:
  • The Anti-Bias Action Plan
  • Audit Your Inner Circle: Stop surrounding yourself with "fools" who merely validate what you already believe. Actively seek out friends, partners, and associates who challenge your thinking and force you to defend or adapt your views.
  • Reframe Complexity: Do not reject business opportunities simply because they appear risky or complex on the surface. Adopt the mindset that complexity is not a dead end, but merely an indication that you lack understanding yet.
  • Question the "Comfort" of Agreement: Be suspicious of information that immediately reassures you. If everyone in your social feed agrees with you, recognize this as an algorithmic trap, not proof that you are right.
  • Develop an Internal Monologue: Cultivate the introspection and high IQ habits required to pause and ask, "Am I rejecting this because it is bad, or because it contradicts my identity?"
  • Distinguish Threats: Remind yourself that you are no longer fighting for survival against dangerous animals. Stop treating new ideas or opposing political views as physical threats; use logic, not evolutionary instinct, to evaluate them.
• Leave the majority to their bias.
• Instead, we build, and we build without bias.
• I leave you with the Builder’s Manifesto, based on the ideas explored in this episode:
  • The Builder’s Manifesto
  • I refuse to be a victim of my own biology. I recognize that the survival instincts of my ancestors have become the irrational fears of today. I will not let ancient wiring dictate my modern decisions.
  • I reject the comfort of the echo chamber. If everyone agrees with me, I am in the wrong room. I will not seek validation from algorithms or fools. I welcome the challenge of opposing views because friction sharpens my mind.
  • I embrace complexity as an invitation. I do not turn away from difficult opportunities. When I see complexity, I do not see a stop sign; I see a gap in my knowledge that I have not filled yet.
  • I prioritize truth over feeling. While the majority are reassured by their biases, I am the wise person who questions them. I will pause, I will reflect, and I will let reason drive my actions.
  • I do not stagnate; I build.

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