EP 563: Vicki Tan On How to Make Smarter Decisions - Asian America: The Ken Fong Podcast Vicki Tan has written a "one-of-a-kind guide to smarter decision-making based in the science of cognitive bias and the wisdom of storytelling Her new book Ask This Book a Question is"an interactive ga...

asianamericapodcast.com/2025/11/ep-5... @vickiheart.bsky.social has written "Ask This Book a Question" which harnesses the power of #cognitivebias and #storytelling to make smarter decisions.

a deck of cards with different icons and cognitive biases on them

exploring some spreads for the card deck version of my book!
🃏depending on the nature of your question…
draw 1 card for a quick gut check
draw 3 for a big decision
draw 5 for a life transition, and answer w/ a friend
draw 13 for an irreversible life decision and answer w/ three different people 💫

On dealing with uncertainty – I had such a lovely chat with Carissa on the @peopleiveloved podcast about my book, “Ask This Book a Question"

In her words, "🎱 it’s part magic 8 ball, part tarot, and part cognitive science 🔮"

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join me at San Francisco @creativemornings.bsky.social this Friday morning for a little adventure through space and time 🌀

no ai, just my crappy human drawings 👩🏻‍🎨

📆 august 15th
☕️ coffee pours at 8:30, talk begins at 9 sharp
📍 frog design

rsvp here: creativemornings.com/talks/vicki-...

a flow chart depicting several different aspects of wrath

i'm curious – what is your relationship to wrath?

i'm working on a little interactive flow (draft) and wondering if this makes sense as a way to understand and transform the feeling of wrath. what options am i missing? what could be better?

i'm working on a little piece about wrath!🔥

i was curious, what is folks' relationship with wrath? how would you describe the feeling? what causes you to feel wrathful? what happens when you feel it?

Thank you for reading!✨

How can I design at a time like this? - DesignObserver A Pinterest product designer and author helps us each find our answer with a choose-your-own adventure approach to challenging our cognitive biases. Try it out!

💫 @designobserver.com challenged me to write an interactive article to answer a question they are grappling with right now...

"The world feels unpredictable, and everyone is overwhelmed. How can I design, create, and lead at a time like this?"

〰️ Take a peek! designobserver.com/how-can-i-de...

easy isometric pixel art is still coming... with a ton of new features!

create anything with easymetric soon on @aseprite.org

On Friday night, we walked the length of Manhattan, from Inwood Hill to Battery Park.

New Yorkers deserve a Mayor they can see, hear, even yell at. The city is in the streets.

How fun! My friend @christin.bsky.social (and ‪@wysr.xyz) reviewed my book Ask This Book a Question on their weekly show, OK Banger 🤩🤪🤭

"If you have a giant dog you will be stopped every 30 seconds to be asked the same questions over and over again" ฅ՞•ﻌ•՞ฅ

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talking makes me thirsty too! 🤭

Hi SF Bay Area friends💫 I’ll be doing a little book talk at Blackbird Bookstore in the Outer Sunset tomorrow at 7pm 🙂‍↕️ Grab some hookfish, come hang, let’s talk about your life questions!

#books #booktalk #sf

How I wrote a book, and why you should do that thing you’ve been wanting to do 🫶🏼

Ask This Book a Question is available now! Swing by your local bookstore and ask them to order it 🫶🏼✨

#design #bookstagram #book #books #process #illustration #graphicdesign #diy #writing

heyyy book friends, config friends, all friends!
i'll be doing a little book talk On Waverly in SF Chinatown on May 9! would love to see you all there ✨

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I can’t wait to hear what you think!

Pinterest designer Vicki Tan’s mission to improve our decision-making Vicki Tan wants you to make better decisions. The Pinterest design lead, who has also held senior roles at Spotify, Headspace, Lyft, and Google, has a long-standing interest in behavioural science.

Thank you Rob Alderson and Design Week for a lovely feature of ASK THIS BOOK A QUESTION (UK paperback)!

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I hope you order one! 🥰

I can hardly believe they are here! Unboxing these beauts 🤩

trimmed and ready to be placed in books 🥰

Hiiii! I’m doing a little AMA + book giveaway on Tuesday at 10am PST with ⁦‪@designbetterpod‬⁩ 🥰

If you want a free ticket, go to crowdcast.io/c/vickitan and use the code "dbfriend” ✨

Vicki Tan

Great convo on a truly unique and incredible book! @vickiheart.bsky.social’s ASK THIS BOOK A QUESTION is part memoir, part walkthrough of key ideas in behavioral psych, part Choose Your Own Adventure decision support tool. My fave book of the young year!
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me! 😍

Sometimes a project has to go through a few wildly different iterations before it finds its final home✨

Also how Mark’s innie and outie having a conversation with themselves is like parts work (a la IFS)

my book is coming out in exactly 3 weeks!🌟 would you consider pre-ordering it?

pre-orders in the weeks before the book’s publish date are super important. they tell the publisher and retailer that it's important to have them in stock and print more!

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did not get the group photo memo

Thank you!! 😍

Thank you! Such a lovely compliment 🤩

What if helpful books were as easy to use, as interactive, as personalized as our digital products are?

I wanted to make an illustrated book because I felt like so much helpful information is trapped inside boring-ish books 🥱