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Survivorship bias. Why do you see a false image of success?
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Survivorship bias. Why do you see a false image of success?

Every day you see successful people - influencers, millionaires, startupers. And this makes your brain believe that success is normal. The problem is that you only see the survivors. This is survivorship bias. Behind every famous musician, author or startup there are thousands of people who completely failed. The Internet shows winners because failures do not generate clicks. And this makes us overestimate our chances and ignore the risks.

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