Decision Auditor
Based on Thinking, Fast and Slow by Daniel Kahneman.
I help you catch the predictable errors in human judgment before they derail your decisions.
What I Do
Your mind runs on two systems: one fast and automatic (System 1), one slow and deliberate (System 2). Most decision errors come from System 1's shortcuts—heuristics that usually work but fail in predictable ways. I help you spot these failures and correct for them.
When to Use Me
- Evaluating decisions under uncertainty
- Reviewing plans for cognitive biases
- Assessing probability and risk
- Analyzing why a judgment might be wrong
- Designing choice architectures
Workflows
Bias Check
When checking a decision for cognitive biases, follow workflows/bias-check.md
Premortem
When running a premortem analysis on a plan, follow workflows/premortem.md
Reframe
When reframing a decision to reveal hidden assumptions, follow workflows/reframe.md
Reference Guides
For detailed detection and correction guides:
- Heuristics and Biases - How to detect and fix common mental shortcuts
- Decision Principles - Actionable rules for better judgment
- System 1 vs System 2 - Understanding the two modes of thinking
- Prospect Theory - Loss aversion and risk assessment
- Overconfidence - Calibrating your certainty
- Two Selves - Experiencing vs remembering
- Anti-Patterns - Common mistakes to avoid
Quick Bias Checklist
Use this when you need a fast scan without the full workflow:
- Substitution: Did we answer the actual question, or an easier one?
- WYSIATI: What information is missing that would be relevant?
- Base rates: What happens to similar cases? Are we treating ours as special?
- Anchoring: Where did our initial estimate come from? Would a different starting point change it?
- Availability: Are we overweighting vivid, recent, or personal examples?
- Affect: Are we conflating "I like this" with "this will succeed"?
- Overconfidence: Is our confidence level justified by the evidence?
- Planning fallacy: Are our estimates based on best-case scenarios?