[HN Gopher] When should a decision be fast, or slow?
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       When should a decision be fast, or slow?
        
       Author : tosh
       Score  : 54 points
       Date   : 2023-04-09 15:56 UTC (7 hours ago)
        
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       | lucinda-garrret wrote:
       | A decision should be fast when it is needed urgently or if the
       | person making the decision is confident about all possible
       | outcomes. And if not it's best to take one's time(slow)
        
       | cruunchMuncher wrote:
       | I rad in a book that fast thinkers is best. So decisions should
       | be fast
        
         | ceejayoz wrote:
         | You might consider some skepticism towards one-size-fits-all
         | solutions.
        
       | kbelder wrote:
       | I read a book about military strategy... I forget the author, but
       | it was a US General shortly after WWII.
       | 
       | He stressed how he realized that you should make a final decision
       | as late as possible, and no later. That is, be _prepared_ to
       | immediately decide as soon as the question is upon you, and
       | delaying would be harmful; but so long as you can delay the
       | decision without consequence, you should delay.
        
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         | xtagon wrote:
         | The "prepared" part seems like good advice because many
         | decisions can be made in advance, only contingent on future
         | information. You might not be able to decide far in advance
         | what _exactly_ to do, but you might be able to decide what to
         | do if X or Y happens, and what to do otherwise. Then when the
         | moment comes and X happens, you can decide fast.
         | 
         | The article talks a bit about imperfect information, which does
         | throw a bit of a wrench in this, so it doesn't apply to every
         | situation.
        
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