• Skip to main content
  • Skip to header right navigation
  • Skip to site footer
Farnam Street Logo

Farnam Street

Mastering the best of what other people have already figured out

  • Newsletter
  • Books
  • Podcast
  • Articles
  • Log In
  • Become a Member

The Planning Fallacy

The Inside View and Making Better Decisions

When we don’t think about the process we use to make decisions, they tend to get worse over time as we fail to learn from experience. Often, we make decisions based on the information that is easiest …

Continue readingThe Inside View and Making Better Decisions

The Planning Fallacy

David Books, author of The Social Animal, with an excellent column on the planning fallacy: In his forthcoming book (now released), Thinking, Fast and Slow, Kahneman calls this the planning fallacy. …

Continue readingThe Planning Fallacy

Discover What You’re Missing

Get the weekly email full of actionable ideas and insights you can use at work and home.


As seen on:

New York Times logo
Wall Street Journal logo

Articles

  • Mental Models
  • Decision Making
  • Learning
  • Book Recommendations
  • All Articles

Podcast

  • Latest Episodes
  • Organized by Theme
  • ChatBot

Books

  • Clear Thinking
  • The Great Mental Models
  • All Books

Newsletter

  • Archive
  • Sign Up

About

  • About Shane
  • Speaking
  • Inquire about Sponsorship

Farnam Street Logo

© 2025 Farnam Street Media Inc. All Rights Reserved.
Proudly powered by WordPress. Hosted by Pressable. See our Privacy Policy.

We’re Syrus Partners.
We buy amazing businesses.


Farnam Street participates in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program, an affiliate advertising program designed to provide a means for sites to earn advertising commissions by linking to Amazon.