Mind Tricks: The Illusion of Control

Your brain is actively sabotaging your reality right now. You think you’re in control of your

choices, but you’re actually running on a glitchy autopilot called System 1.

It’s wild—if you just hold a warm cup of coffee, you will literally judge strangers

as "warmer" and nicer people without realizing it. It gets scarier. You are wired to

be overconfident. You swear you’ll finish that project in an hour, but it takes three.

That’s the planning fallacy. Your mind prioritizes being fast over being right,

so next time you trust your gut, maybe don't.