🧠 The Era of Chronic Uncertainty and Instant Judgment

LIP #159

Jul 16, 2025

Since COVID, we've entered an era of 'chronic uncertainty' where rapid change has become the new normal. Despite this uncertainty, our brains still make instant judgments within milliseconds, even when we claim we're 'still deciding.'

🧠 Research shows we automatically categorize everything as good or bad, whether we're conscious of it or not.

In today's knowledge economy, being told you have poor judgment is one of the most insulting things possible - it essentially means 'I don't trust you and never will.'

This fear of being judged, especially by peers, causes people to play it safe by remaining silent and revealing as little as possible about their true thoughts, similar to poker players hiding their cards.