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Isn't "Regret Minimization Framework" less awkwardly phrased as "go for it, you only live once". Or is there some further implication we should be striving to
by ansonparker 16y ago
Isn't "Regret Minimization Framework" less awkwardly phrased as "go for it, you only live once".
Or is there some further implication we should be striving to meet octogenarian values and criteria of success?
I remember reading in one of Malcolm Gladwell's books that people tend to regret inaction much more than bad choices.
I guess what I'm saying is this "Framework" seems totally superfluous.
- liuliu 16y agoI think that his formalization here helps as the framework will consider the global implication rather than local optimal. "Go for it, you only live once" symbolized a greedy solution that only optimized for the current satisfaction whereas the "regret minimization framework" tends to optimize for the whole consequences of different choices.
- rsl7 16y agoYes, it is always inaction. It's easy to justify choices, but never easy to justify indecision.
- riffraff 16y agoor "better to repent than regret" (I believe that is also an english saying, though I may be wrong)
- sp332 16y agoIt's close, "Better to ask forgiveness than permission."
- riffraff 16y agoI thought of this too but considered it as different. forgiveness/permission is what I'd think of before kissing a girl, while repent/regret would be what I'd think before going out with her ;) Thanks for the reply.