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The paradox of democracy’s success: behavioural science helps explain why we miss autocratic red flags

By Ralph Hertwig, Director, Center for Adaptive Rationality, Max Planck Institute for Human Development
Stephan Lewandowsky, Chair of Cognitive Psychology, University of Bristol

We tend to underestimate the threat of rare events but we can prime ourselves to be more alert to the signs.

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