Educational

Sunk Cost Trapdoor

Past investment tokens pile onto a trapdoor path while a clean exit route highlights the sunk-cost fallacy.

Use cases

  • —Explain why past spending should not decide the next move
  • —Show escalation of commitment in a failing project
  • —Teach when to exit a bad investment or plan

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sunk costsunk cost fallacydecision makingcognitive biasbehavioral economicstrapdoorinvestmentcostexitescalation of commitmentmoneyproject managementbusinessstrategypsychologyriskexplainer

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