What are you calling the “framing” of a decision? Is it something other than a series of decisions about what qualities with regard to the results of that decision that you care about?
The “framing” of a decision is the identification that there’s a decision to make, and the enumeration of the set or series of sub-decisions that describe the possible actions.
Suppose for a moment your washing machine is broken.
You have some options; you could ignore the problem. You could try to fix it yourself. You could call somebody to fix it. This isn’t intended to be a comprehensive list of options, mind, these are cached thoughts.
Each of these options in turn produce new choices; what to do instead, what to try to do to fix it, who to call.
Let’s suppose for a moment that you decide to call somebody. Who do you call? You could dial random numbers into your phone, but clearly that’s not a great way of making that decision. You could look up a washing machine repair company on the internet; let’s suppose you do this.
How do you decide which repair company to call? There are reviews—these are choices other people have made about how they liked the service. But before you even get there, what site do you use to get reviews? That’s a choice. Maybe you let Google make that choice for you—you just pick whatever is the first listed site. The search engine is making choices for you; the review site algorithm is making choices for you; the people who posted reviews are making choices for you. Out of a vast space of options, you arrive at only a few.
Notice all the choices other people are making on your behalf in that process, however. You’re not calling a car mechanic to repair your washing machine, yet that is, in fact, an option.
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Suppose you need to drive to a grocery store in a new city. What choices are you making, and what choices do you ask your cell phone navigation application to make for you? Are you making more or less choices than your parents would? What about your grandparents? What is the difference in the kind and quantity of choices being made?
Are there differences in the quality of choices being made? Who benefits from the choices we make now?
What are you calling the “framing” of a decision? Is it something other than a series of decisions about what qualities with regard to the results of that decision that you care about?
The “framing” of a decision is the identification that there’s a decision to make, and the enumeration of the set or series of sub-decisions that describe the possible actions.
Suppose for a moment your washing machine is broken.
You have some options; you could ignore the problem. You could try to fix it yourself. You could call somebody to fix it. This isn’t intended to be a comprehensive list of options, mind, these are cached thoughts.
Each of these options in turn produce new choices; what to do instead, what to try to do to fix it, who to call.
Let’s suppose for a moment that you decide to call somebody. Who do you call? You could dial random numbers into your phone, but clearly that’s not a great way of making that decision. You could look up a washing machine repair company on the internet; let’s suppose you do this.
How do you decide which repair company to call? There are reviews—these are choices other people have made about how they liked the service. But before you even get there, what site do you use to get reviews? That’s a choice. Maybe you let Google make that choice for you—you just pick whatever is the first listed site. The search engine is making choices for you; the review site algorithm is making choices for you; the people who posted reviews are making choices for you. Out of a vast space of options, you arrive at only a few.
Notice all the choices other people are making on your behalf in that process, however. You’re not calling a car mechanic to repair your washing machine, yet that is, in fact, an option.
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Suppose you need to drive to a grocery store in a new city. What choices are you making, and what choices do you ask your cell phone navigation application to make for you? Are you making more or less choices than your parents would? What about your grandparents? What is the difference in the kind and quantity of choices being made?
Are there differences in the quality of choices being made? Who benefits from the choices we make now?