First, how and why I made this game

I spent several years working as the chief product officer of a software company in Melbourne, and during this time, there was a point where I raised some money for the company with the aim of using that money to double the size of the company, and hire more engineers. During this period, as we were growing faster and more and more cross functional teams came online, there was this behaviour I noticed emerging where I would get asked to chime in on things—should we build this thing this way or that—and, as was my sentiment at the time, I believe that decisions were best made closer to the action. I was not close. So, I wanted to encourage people to make decisions on their own.

So eventually I made this proclamation. I said, you can make whatever decisions you want [...]

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Outline:

(00:15) First, how and why I made this game

(06:56) So here is my question--my ask.

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First published:
June 17th, 2025

Source:
https://www.lesswrong.com/posts/FxceJeR88j5NAn7Q3/i-made-a-card-game-to-reduce-cognitive-biases-and-logical

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“I made a card game to reduce cognitive biases and logical fallacies but I’m not sure what DV to test in a study on its effectiveness.” by Brad Dunn

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“I made a card game to reduce cognitive biases and logical fallacies but I’m not sure what DV to test in a study on its effectiveness.” by Brad Dunn