Mistakes Were Made (But Not by Me): Why We Justify Foolish Beliefs — The Self-Justification System
Welcome to Crisis in Perception, where we examine the systems shaping our world.
This episode explores Mistakes Were Made (But Not by Me): Why We Justify Foolish Beliefs, Bad Decisions, and Hurtful Acts by Carol Tavris and Elliot Aronson as a systems-level analysis of how psychological self-justification influences behavior, belief, and institutional outcomes.
By focusing on incentive architecture rather than personalities or events, the episode shows why these systems persist — and how they connect to larger economic, political, and cultural structures.
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