The “availability heuristic” — our tendency to use information that comes readily to mind when making judgments — is an important principle of influence. I saw the power of this principle in my kitchen the other night. For context, you need to understand that my home is like a vaudeville show most nights of the week. It has the feel of an open mic event, and I play a variety of characters, each of them a cartoonish exaggeration of some recognizable social archetype.
Creative Persistence
The “availability heuristic” — our tendency to use information that comes readily to mind when making judgments — is an important principle of influence. I saw the power of this principle in my kitchen the other night. For context, you need to understand that my home is like a vaudeville show most nights of the week. It has the feel of an open mic event, and I play a variety of characters, each of them a cartoonish exaggeration of some recognizable social archetype.