Manifesto · Six theses, revised often

On being rightbiased.

Everyone is biased. The people who insist they aren't are demonstrating one of the better-documented ones.

bias blind spot, see above

II.

A bias isn't a character flaw. It's a shortcut the brain takes to save time. Most days it works. Some days it buys a timeshare.

III.

Knowing the name of a bias doesn't cure it. It does give you something to say when you catch yourself, which is more than most people have.

small victories

IV.

So we put the names where people can see them: on the front of a cap, at eye level, in the handwriting of someone still thinking it through.

Wear it as a confession, a joke, or a warning to others. We're biased toward all three.

mostly the joke

VI.

Thinking, worn.

Anatomy of a cap

Three parts, one confession.

The phraseWhat you tell yourself. Written the way you'd say it, not the way a textbook would.

The red markThe part you would rather not look at. Circled, struck through or underlined, like a teacher got to it first.

The handwritingNobody thinks in a typeface. The lettering is loose on purpose; the thought isn't finished yet.

— probably wrong about some of thisPick your bias