In several of the threads on GD, I am seeing a lot of the 'normalcy bias', i.e., the implicit assumption that everything will be ok, debts will be paid, no one will get hurt, etc. The problem with the normalcy bias is that it blinds us to the cliff which may be right before our eyes.

That cliff business can take a guy by surprise:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QVhYjbIRYAs