Why We Make Mistakes

Summary
The amount of mistakes that any one person will make is quite astounding. These first chapters are reserved to talking about what exactly the kind of mistakes they are and how we fall victim to them. The different ways as to our brain may ignore key information or similar is how we make mistakes. The memory of many of us is often times wrong in the details. Particularly when we do interesting things we will remember them in a positive light rather than what it actually was. This can lead to an argument happening where the person remembers using nice language rather than possibly more stern language. Also, the multitasking of people is usually a dangerous game to deal with. The nature in which people can get focused on something will be devastating if multiple things are occurring. The first chapter mentions the problem that everyone has with their memory and how things are stored away. The data that needs to be stored is often condensed or pattern-ized to be helpful in remembering. This causes us to take information and possibly make errors when trying to make it easier to remember. Then also mentioned was the differences between genders that exist for reactions. The confidence in both genders are usually heavily on the men side even though women might be better at a certain area. Also, the book goes into how guys and girls look at directions or their area. In general most people think of themselves as being slightly better than the average and are pretty good at a lot of things. Obviously not everyone can be above average, so this is an interesting mind state that most people have in order to delude themselves. Also, people are much more willing to do things when the time comes for it to be done rather than to prepare. 

Discussion
I like reading about these concepts that may not cross everyone's mind but show underlying concepts in humans. These can account for many things and be used for research. The book in general was a good way of showing the things that most people may or may not notice and actually analyzes why they are. More importantly how to curb these habits or work with them. The book is quite necessary for the designer and what he or she should think when considering what they are doing.