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Massumptions: Are You Letting the Crowd Think for You?

Then ask: Is this true? Or am I just outnumbered? massumptions

We’ve all heard the old warning: “Never assume, because it makes an ass out of you and me.” Massumptions: Are You Letting the Crowd Think for You

This is the most profitable one for media companies. A single event happens (a bank fails, a virus mutates, a crime spikes in one city) and within 48 hours, the massumption is that the entire system is collapsing . The crowd confuses activity with danger. The Cost of Believing the Crowd Here’s the brutal truth: Massumptions are cognitive shortcuts. Your brain is lazy. It’s easier to look at what 1,000 people are doing than to do the hard work of thinking from first principles. We’ve all heard the old warning: “Never assume,

April 14, 2026