Oddbean new post about login | logout You're talking as if the chaos that the world is had been conceived my some illuminated mind based on the latest academic psychology research to be exactly like it is -- and not the reality that it is like that because of ton of different decisions, most of which were not at all based on any psychological research (or maybe based on what the person decided thought was a good idea with no real evidence for that), and even if some were and even in the unlikely case that these researches were correct that would make very little difference since that decision would instantly get mixed with the rest of the decisions in completely unpredictable ways.
People take for granted the fact that today’s world is much much much nicer than the world humans occupied for the majority of our existence. Spoiled by convenience, always looking for something to complain about. Yes, there is madness and “I guess this works good enough” but much of what we call modern living is in fact constructed through specialization. Obviously not everything you interact with was created with our approval in mind but much was. The direction the door opens, the design is the handle - small things we never think about were thought of for us.