BLUF

‘Subtraction bias’ is a human phenomenon and a shared feature of the human mind. It’s where people prefer to solve engineering problems by addition, rather than subtraction.

Summary

KEY POINTS:
  1. What holds true of engineering challenges and brainteasers also holds true of happiness.
  2. To be happier in work and life, our first impulse is to add something.
  3. We can usually achieve the same aim by subtracting misery.

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