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Avoiding options with unknown probabilities. Uncertainty is scary, so we'd rather stick with the devil we know.
Prevents innovation adoption, reduces investment in beneficial but uncertain opportunities, and maintains status quo.
This bias explains why people buy insurance for unlikely events but won't invest in potentially profitable opportunities.
"Your memory is basically Wikipedia if Wikipedia could edit itself while you weren't looking."