Why Do We Make Irrational Decisions?

People often make decisions that go against their best interests, or, despite good intentions, lead to disappointing results. Sara Garofalo explains how heuristics, the problem-solving approaches based on previous experience and intuition rather than analysis, affect our decision making.

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