Sliding Doors

[andrewducker]

There's a great article here on closing doors. On the way that people keep avoiding making choices that will close off their options, even if making that choice will clearly give them a better outcome.

I've been guilty of this an astounding number of times.

Still working on it :->

(cheers to tamaranth)

Edit:
Cheers also to diotina for this link to an New Yorker article on irrational decision making referencing the same author.

Comments

[pennski.livejournal.com]

Oh that reminds me of the sort of thing KVB used to say. bookzombie and I were talking earlier today about how Stephen Fry shares that same sheer joy in erudition that lifts you up to his level, whereas Jeremy Paxman sneers down at lesser mortals.