Adam Dunstan

System, Platform & Infrastructure Engineering

Adam Dunstan

Adam Dunstan

System, Platform & Infrastructure Engineering

Bias in Technology

January 17, 2023

As an entrepreneur I am aware of the risks of Confirmation Bias, surrounding yourself with opinions that match your own and using that to justify a position. Present Bias, where a decision is made that has significantly higher future costs based upon immediate benefit is another common bias in technology. However, perhaps the most significant bias in technology is Complexity Bias, choosing a complex solution when a simpler one could achieve the same result.