The Cognitive Echo Chamber Effect: Why Your Mind Is Trapping You (And You Don’t Even Know It)

Fahri Karakas
12 min readOct 8, 2024
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Unveiling the Hidden Prison of Your Thoughts

Imagine a prison so perfect that the inmates not only can’t see the walls but do not even know they are imprisoned.

We are all living in such a prison right now.

I call this phenomenon “Cognitive Echo Chamber Effect”.

In this article, I will analyse this phenomenon and how it impacts our lives.

The Invisible Trap We Are All Caught In

You have probably heard of echo chambers in social media and politics.

The most dangerous echo chamber is not out there in the world, but inside your own mind.

Cognitive Echo Chamber Effect is a pattern that is so pervasive, so fundamental to human thinking, that it is almost invisible to those experiencing it.

Understanding Cognitive Echo Chamber Effect could revolutionize how you think, decide, and perceive the world.

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Fahri Karakas
Fahri Karakas

Written by Fahri Karakas

Associate Professor in Business & Leadership at University of East Anglia. Passionate about doodling, imagination, and creativity. Author of Self-Making Studio.

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