In this episode of Behavior Gap Radio, Carl digs into a simple but unsettling truth: After the fact, randomness always looks like strategy. He unpacks the concept of retrospective coherence—our tendency to turn chaos into neat career stories—and how that illusion feeds “success porn” by hiding the messy role of luck and timing. From startups to financial advice, Carl reminds us that most of what looks like a master plan was really just stumbling into survival.

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