Wednesday, October 15, 2014

Decision fatigue or analysis paralysis

Analysis paralysis is a term I've first encountered while watching a Tabletop Deathmatch video. The term describes a situation where plethora of choices and search for the best solution causes a "system failure" and prevents one from making any decision altogether.

Today I've stumbled upon this article about the same problem, from Slate. It describes the phenomenon and suggests some ways to deal with them. I smiled when I read about shopping after work, it made me think of you.

Of interest was linking excessive self-control with decision-making difficulties and how that turns into apathy and inaction, as well as final comments about your beliefs and their effects... Like we have free will!

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