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        Hidden motives
        2018.07.29 13:46:22 CEST
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        I started preparing my keynote speech at Gophercon and I will be
        speaking about hidden motives, rationalizations and the decision-
        making process working with technology. Most, if not all, the
        people I work with personally try to be as data-driven as possible
        about their decisions, but do they really?
       
        I've been reading a lot about the distinction between real hidden
        motivations and the rationalizations we tell ourselves.
        Unfortunately it seems there is a real gap there: we do something
        and then our brains reverse-engineer the decision, convincing
        ourselves that's the reason we did that one thing to begin with.
       
        It's mind-bending (I should say mind breaking), but learning about
        this helped myself a lot and I want to share it with others.