Doodle Card #250 – Survivorship Bias Can Destroy Us – Doodle Unlimited

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Last updated 31 março 2025

Doodle Card #250 – Survivorship Bias Can Destroy Us – Doodle Unlimited

Survivorship bias can destroy us. 生存バイアスは私たちを破壊し得る。 We can't be free from biases. So we had better keep the ones that can help us, and recognize the ones that can hurt us. What are the biases that can hurt us? Survivorship bias is one of them, although you might not agree with me. Survivorship bias, or survival bias, is all around us. If you pick up any business how-to books or self-help books at the bookstore, they are most likely a pile of survivorship biases. When you read one of the most successful blogs in the world, you probably read the writing with full of survivorship biases. Here's another example. Over decades, we Japanese are brainwashed into believing that sleeping less and working harder is a sign of competence. When I was in high school, we were told that if we study hard and sleep for four hours everyday, we would be able to pass an entrance exam for university; if we sleep for more than five hours, we wouldn't. Many business gurus in Japan are proud of