Indexed Notes by Topic
Endowment Effect
Insights:
- Once we own things, we value them more.
- The endowment effect can mean that objects have a claim on you, we perceive them to be more important than they are.
- We can find it difficult to give up that which we own.
- Accumulation is costly at any price.
- Physical items that we own consume time, space and energy.
Principle:
- Be cautious about the things you acquire, including free things.
Planning Fallacy
Definition:
- "The widespread psychological tendency to underestimate how long it will take to complete a task."