Evidence · 4 minute read
Survivorship Bias
Looking only at visible successes hides the failures that disappeared from view.
Try thisAsk who or what is missing from the sample.
In plain English
What is it?
The examples that survive are easy to study, while missing cases can change the whole conclusion.
In the real world
What does it look like?
Copying the habits of successful founders ignores everyone who used the same habits and failed.
Make it useful
How do you think more clearly?
Ask who or what is missing from the sample.