Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Human beings like to surround themselves with people like themselves—people with similar values, personalities, interests and ...

Nathan Reiff has been writing expert articles and news about financial topics such as investing and trading, cryptocurrency, ETFs, and alternative investments on Investopedia since 2016. Samantha (Sam ...

Human bias, when shaped by values and informed by experience, can be a form of wisdom that protects us from making poor ...

Adam Hayes, Ph.D., CFA, is a financial writer with 15+ years Wall Street experience as a derivatives trader. Besides his extensive derivative trading expertise, Adam is an expert in economics and ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Bryce Hoffman writes about leadership, strategy, and decision making. Among the many threats to decision making, few are as ...

Bias is a hot topic. Many people have expressed concern about bias in admissions, hiring, policing, sentencing, social media moderation, and many other aspects of society. The worry is that biases ...

Rarely a day goes by without a news story about the behavior of U.S. judges. These stories tend to focus on their courtroom behavior and alleged bias in high-profile cases. For example, Judge Aileen ...

Finding a lack of bias in any conclusion drawn by humans is a near impossible task. The punishment inflicted on public ...

Kelsey Davis had what might seem to be an odd reaction to seeing blatant racism on her computer screen: She was elated. Davis is the founder and CEO of CLLCTVE, a tech company based in Tulsa, Okla.

My journalism degree required a capstone project — a sort-of bachelor’s level thesis paper on a subject we were meant to dig into and understand deeply. I chose media bias because it seemed the most ...

Unit bias, sometimes referred to as “unit preference” or “unit-of-account bias,” is a cognitive bias that most cryptocurrency founders exploit to attract investors. It refers to the tendency of ...

Imagine that you have tried to reach a friend with whom you have an ambivalent relationship by phone or email, leaving messages, yet receiving no call in return. In a situation like this, it is easy ...