The internet is a cross between the world’s largest stage and library, and most people have access to it. Science and the internet are game changers.
But we still have some baked-in biases that once helped us, but now those biases can hold us back if we’re not aware that they’re present. One thing we do for example is over prioritizing our own experience above real science when forming impressions of the world around us. Another is giving too much weight to the scary or bad news that isn’t likely to affect us.
Making judgements this way was appropriate for most of human history since it was the best we could do before we had science and easy worldwide communication. But nowadays, we can do better.
To attain greater-than-caveman results in your life, you need to make life decisions using smarter-than-caveman techniques.