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Knowledge Under Pressure
On Evolution, Micro-visualization, and Hick’s Law
Field notes from what we’ve been up to, what we’ve been taking in, and what we are thinking about at The Emergency Mind Project.
If you have ideas or things you’d like to see — or if you want to help and get more involved — I’d love to hear from you: dan@emergencymind.com
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EP 66: Mike Lauria, MD, on Evolving Human Performance
Special forces pararescueman turned ER doctor and expert on human performance, Mike Lauria, MD, talks about evolving our ability to perform when it matters most.
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Hick’s Law — quick decision making
Hick’s law states that the more options one has to decide between, the more time and effort it takes to make a decision. Imagine choosing between 100 different antibiotics or three antibiotics. Sometimes you need the choice complexity, sometimes you just need a simple choice presented to you that you can make effectively and well. Lots of interesting implications for designing structures and environmental nudges to improve high-pressure decision making.
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Continuing the micro theme — micro-visualization is the focused mental…
