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Why bounded awareness is harmful

Posted by / May 25, 2010

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Bounded awareness is the phenomenon in which individuals do not see accessible and perceivable information during the decision-making process, while seeing other equally-accessible and perceivable information. This results in poorly made decisions because the useful information was and remains out of focus for the decision maker.

Read more about the phenomenon, and why it can be harmful, at Science Blogs.

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