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Weekend Essay

Inside the Ostrich Effect: 

 

How Ignorance Has Become a Survival Strategy

Ignorance has become a survival strategy

to manage information overload and protect one's mental well-being by intentionally avoiding overwhelming or threatening knowledge, a phenomenon known as the "ostrich effect". This can be a form of strategic ignorance to preserve one's choices, emotional state, or self-image, allowing for focused action on what is within one's control and avoiding paralysis from an overwhelming number of crises 

 

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21 hours ago

Research suggests our tendency to ignore bad news isn't irrational — it's self-preservation, and could help explain why older people are often happier.'