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Heuristics vs Traps

Mila Agius, Dr Sam Illingworth, The Strategic Linguist, Karen Spinner, Daryna Karuna

Clear 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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Authors

The writers behind this newsletter.

  • Mila Agius

    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.

  • Dr Sam Illingworth

    Professor & poet in Edinburgh. Creator of the Slow AI Curriculum for Critical AI Literacy. Author of GenAI in Higher Education (Bloomsbury, 2026).

  • The Strategic Linguist

    Trained linguist. I write about how language shapes power, identity, and professional life, and what the science says about what you're experiencing but can't quite name. Views my own, not my employer's.

  • Karen Spinner

    Writer, agency owner, and casual developer with mixed feelings about AI. Creator of CarouselBot, a tool that turns your posts into LinkedIn carousels.

  • Daryna Karuna

    APSI field guide: expedition-tested, expert-verified tools for decisions under uncertainty (deals, leadership, negotiation). Cases → diagnostics → moves. No hype. Just mechanisms. \ud83c\udfaf

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