Claes Bell

  • How Big Numbers Short-Circuit Your Brain And Your Finances

    How Big Numbers Short-Circuit Your Brain And Your Finances

    Sorry to be the one to tell you this, but your brain is just not evolved to process big numbers. In our journey from hunter-gatherers to wage slaves, homo sapiens never quite evolved the mental machinery needed to efficiently process the high numbers we typically face when doing things like buying cars, taking out mortgages…