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This is why it's important to think of decisions and choices differently. It's useful to think of a choice as something that submits you to the options presente
by motohagiography 6y ago
This is why it's important to think of decisions and choices differently. It's useful to think of a choice as something that submits you to the options presented, whereas a decision is necessarily made under uncertainty. It's worth thinking of them as the difference between perfect and imperfect information games, and the strategies for people who make decisions vs. those who make choices are using a different locus of control. A choice assumes an external locus, where a decision exercises an internal one.
Some people are very good at selecting among options, others are good at acting under uncertainty. It's important to recognize what kind of information problem you are solving, and whether you need to employ a choice or a decision strategy.
There are a bunch of these english synonyms that confuse and conflate some very important differences, and I think this is one of them.