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Mere Urgency Effect
Last discussed Oct 11, 2026
A psychological bias in which people choose urgent-seeming tasks over more important tasks with bigger payoffs.
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Codie Sanchez · Oct 11, 2026
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"There is a name for this. It's called the mere urgency effect, which is basically you are more likely to choose tasks that seem urgent over more important tasks with better payoffs."
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