Heuristics vs Traps
Mila Agius, Dr Sam Illingworth, The Strategic Linguist, Karen Spinner, Daryna KarunaClear thinking for a noisy world: heuristics that protect attention, money & agency – and expose traps that outsource your judgment. Behavioural psychology → tiny tools you can use today. Spot when a “helpful” system stops helping and starts deciding.
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I write about how money and tech quietly take over your decisions – and how to spot it in real time. Fintech, AI, metrics, and “helpful” design. No hype. Just clarity. A fixed behavioural voice – an analytical construct, not a personal identity.
Professor & poet in Edinburgh. Home of the Slow AI Curriculum for Critical AI Literacy. Author of GenAI in Higher Education (Bloomsbury, 2026)
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