Bias is in us all. Bias can hurt America.
Bias and Perception Ted Talk.
https://www.npr.org/programs/ted-radio-hour/694278104/bias-and-perception
"How does bias distort our thinking, our listening, our beliefs... and even our search results? How can we fight it? This hour, TED speakers explore ideas about the unconscious biases that shape us."
"Dunning–Kruger effect"
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dunning%E2%80%93Kruger_effect
"In the field of psychology, the Dunning–Kruger effect is a cognitive bias in which people mistakenly assess their cognitive ability as greater than it is. It is related to the cognitive bias of illusory superiority and comes from the inability of people to recognize their lack of ability. Without the self-awareness of metacognition, people cannot objectively evaluate their competence or incompetence.[1]
As described by social psychologists David Dunning and Justin Kruger, the cognitive bias of illusory superiority results from an internal illusion in people of low ability and from an external misperception in people of high ability; that is, "the miscalibration of the incompetent stems from an error about the self, whereas the miscalibration of the highly competent stems from an error about others."[2]"
"Yassmin Abdel-Magied: Is It Possible To Unravel Unconscious Bias?"
February 15, 20199:34 AM ET Heard on TED Radio Hour
"Understanding Biases And Their Impact On Our Perceptions"
Sep 19, 2018, 07:30am David Galowich Forbes Councils Forbes Coaches Council
"Cognitive bias is a general term that many psychologists and other behavioral experts use to describe a systematic error in how people perceive others or their environment. Individuals, whether we are talking about our neighbors or coworkers, filter or perceive information based on their own past experiences. When an individual constructs their own subjective social reality based on their past perceptions and not on objective input, we classify their behavior as being cognitively biased.
The list of cognitive biases is evolving, with nearly 200 already classified. It is beyond the scope of this article to help you understand all of these biases, but I will touch on the few that I often see affecting personal and business relationships.""
It is hard to imagine being able to manage and control our bias.
