10 April 2022 - losing dollars

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It's a famous human cognitive bias: To lose a dollar is a big loss, to gain a dollar is a small gain. That's why wars drag on. When the fighting starts, unless it's a rout both sides start losing dollars. They can't stop until one side gives up trying to get ahead.

clue:

Figurative dollars. Actual lives and livelihoods.

The bias is called "loss aversion".

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