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Re:Ask HN: Slow thinkers, how do you compensate for your lac... by gopher2000 on Wednesday February 28, 2024 @11:40AM (#39540400)
It's a fair point but I'd caution that making the "smallest possible good decision" really needs emphasis on good and not smallest or this results in just delaying. And there's a ton of people that cause delays. Especially in the corporate world.
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Re:Ask HN: Slow thinkers, how do you compensate for your lac... by vineyardmike on Wednesday February 28, 2024 @11:57AM (#39540680)
I think delaying is the point. You delay the “immediateness” so you can form a nuanced opinion without urgency.

I know we can’t always change the world we live in, but we can at least acknowledge it. In the corporate world people really like to pretend there is a fire, when few things are truly urgent. If you can keep the sky from falling down with a quick and small scoped decision, you free up time to make big and long term decisions slowly.

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