Users’ minds take shortcuts to get through the day. We call these cognitive biases. Usually they’re harmless. Even helpful. But what happens when they’re not?
This talk will use real-world examples to identify some particularly nasty biases and ways to combat them. You’ll leave this session with a better understanding of:
- Common cognitive biases that influence users’ decision-making in ways that can harm them
- Content strategy tips and tricks to help users avoid bad decisions based on those biases
- Ways to avoid having our own biases result in negative outcomes for users
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These biases are extremely
difficult to combat
You may not know you have them (bias blind spot)
90% of cognition happens below the conscious level
Even if you do know, you do it anyway!
59. #fightbias @movie_pundit www.daviddylanthomas.com
We must rapidly begin the shift from a ‘thing-oriented’
society to a ‘person-oriented’ society. When machines and
computers, profit motives and property rights are considered
more important than people, the giant triplets of racism,
materialism, and militarism are incapable of being conquered.
60. #fightbias @movie_pundit www.daviddylanthomas.com
We must rapidly begin the shift from a ‘thing-oriented’
society to a ‘person-oriented’ society. When machines and
computers, profit motives and property rights are considered
more important than people, the giant triplets of racism,
materialism, and militarism are incapable of being conquered.
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.