The Critical Thinker

Moral Exclusion

Plus, what's the Mandela Effect?

Jan 8 • Ali Almossawi

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December 2025

The Hidden Lives of Quiet People

An apocryphal story in three scenes

Dec 11, 2025 • Ali Almossawi

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November 2025

Wishful Thinking: Why We Believe What We Want to Believe

And is that always a bad thing?

Nov 25, 2025 • Ali Almossawi

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What if Kurt Vonnegut Had Done “Shapes of Thinking” Instead

Plus, what's a halfalogue?

Nov 4, 2025 • Ali Almossawi

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October 2025

What’s the #1 Cognitive Bias That Derails Investors? (With Barry Ritholtz)

Guest: Barry Ritholtz / Video + Transcript + Summary (28 mins)

Oct 2, 2025 • Ali Almossawi

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September 2025

The Endowment Effect: Owning Something Makes It More Valuable?

Plus, revisiting a picture book for grownups thanks to a nudge by Veo 3

Sep 18, 2025 • Ali Almossawi

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August 2025

Self-Fulfilling Prophecies: Our Invisible Sidekick

Plus, what's so interesting about Torpenhow Hill?

Aug 21, 2025 • Ali Almossawi

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July 2025

Why We Think Only Others Get It Wrong

Plus, San Francisco’s little libraries, writers throwing shade, and the strangest cafe in town

Jul 10, 2025 • Ali Almossawi

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June 2025

Pithiness

The shortest letter, paper, ad, story, issue

Jun 19, 2025 • Ali Almossawi

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May 2025

Dark Patterns: How Deceptive Design Tricks Us

Plus, what's so insidious about a roach motel?

May 29, 2025 • Ali Almossawi

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Back in My Day; How Nostalgia Messes With Our Minds

What’s a reminiscence bump? And how Nestle broke into Japan.

May 8, 2025 • Ali Almossawi

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April 2025

Selection Bias: How the Things We Don’t See Distort Our Decisions

Seeing isn’t always knowing

Apr 17, 2025 • Ali Almossawi

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