there was no expectation of success here—this was a punishment. … Everybody lived
You really can’t summarize this as “lay down my life for $650”. This was a series of decisions about being in the military in Afghanistan in the first place, and a specific decision to accept a serious risk to life in order to set an example and stay out of jail.
Nowhere in this chain was the dollar value important.
[ and just to be clear, I’m not questioning the choices, just pointing out that “value” in decision-making is distinct from dollars—it’s about the predicted state of the world in each choice-path. ]
You really can’t summarize this as “lay down my life for $650”. This was a series of decisions about being in the military in Afghanistan in the first place, and a specific decision to accept a serious risk to life in order to set an example and stay out of jail.
Nowhere in this chain was the dollar value important.
[ and just to be clear, I’m not questioning the choices, just pointing out that “value” in decision-making is distinct from dollars—it’s about the predicted state of the world in each choice-path. ]