Identify the option that would appropriately complete the final sentence below.

As heuristics and biases are hard-wired into our behaviour, each of us is prone to certain ways of thinking which makes it hard for us as individuals to see all the edges of a crisis and to understand its mutability. We tend to become anchored to one plan or solution,___________.

Option D is the correct answer. This choice conveys that despite the crisis shifting or changing direction, we remain anchored to a single plan or solution.

The phrase “even as” is a conjunction that indicates a contrast or concession. It is commonly used to introduce a clause that contrasts with the main idea. In this context, “even as” connects the idea of remaining anchored to a single plan or solution with the simultaneous occurrence of the crisis shifting or changing direction.