Hacker News with Generative AI: Decision Making

When Is Insurance Worth It? (entropicthoughts.com)
TL;DR: If you want to know whether getting insurance is worth it, use the Kelly Insurance Calculator. If you want to know why or how, read on.

Insurance, Finance, Decision Making

32 points by kqr 31 days ago | 48 comments

The Focusing Illusion (optimallyirrational.com)

Cognitive Biases, Psychology, Decision Making

22 points by yamrzou 32 days ago | 1 comments

What Is Entropy? A Measure of Just How Little We Know (quantamagazine.org)
Exactly 200 years ago, a French engineer introduced an idea that would quantify the universe’s inexorable slide into decay. But entropy, as it’s currently understood, is less a fact about the world than a reflection of our growing ignorance. Embracing that truth is leading to a rethink of everything from rational decision-making to the limits of machines.

Physics, Information Theory, Science, Decision Making

6 points by rbanffy 35 days ago | 0 comments

The Two Big Games (overcomingbias.com)
Imagine a business meeting which will decide if a new project goes forward, or decide key priorities about it. There are two games that folks in this business might play re this meeting.

Business, Strategy, Decision Making, Meetings

11 points by jger15 46 days ago | 2 comments

My notes from deciding against AWS Lambda (jesseduffield.com)
At the start of the year I did a deep dive on AWS lambda to know whether it was worth using in a new codebase for a web app. These are the notes I wrote before making the decision against lambda, and I hope they can help somebody else with the same dilemma.

Cloud Computing, Serverless Computing, Web Development, Decision Making

13 points by SpookyChoice 48 days ago | 7 comments

How to Take Good Decisions? (ycombinator.com)
Hey everyone! I'm trying to get better at decision-making, both at work and in everyday life. Do you have any favorite books, articles, or courses that really helped you make better choices? I'd love any recommendations—whether it's practical tips, interesting frameworks, or just great reads. Thanks in advance!

Decision Making, Self Improvement, Personal Development, Productivity

18 points by rookie123 58 days ago | 20 comments

Show HN: Tinder, but to decide what to eat (whatdinner.com)
WhatDinner makes it easy for couples to decide on a meal together.

Dating Apps, Food, Relationships, Decision Making, Software

266 points by kiru_io 75 days ago | 222 comments

Accountability sinks (aworkinglibrary.com)
In The Unaccountability Machine, Dan Davies argues that organizations form “accountability sinks,” structures that absorb or obscure the consequences of a decision such that no one can be held directly accountable for it.

Accountability, Organizational Structure, Decision Making

517 points by l0b0 90 days ago | 306 comments

Focus on decisions, not tasks (technicalwriting.dev)
In technical communication, we don’t talk much about decision support; we talk about task support… In many cases, the information people need to complete their tasks is not information on how to operate machines, but information to support their decision making… simply documenting the procedures is never enough… What I am talking about is documenting the context, letting users know what decisions they must make, making them aware of the consequences, and, as far as possible, leading them to resources

Technical Writing, Decision Making, User Experience

298 points by kaycebasques 91 days ago | 61 comments

We avoid effort even though it can improve our well-being (newscientist.com)
Understanding the “effort paradox” can help you reshape your relationship to exertion so that you commit to those hard but truly meaningful activities

Psychology, Well-being, Motivation, Decision Making, Behavioral Economics

52 points by XzetaU8 107 days ago | 48 comments

Surprising sounds could cause riskier decision-making (news.yale.edu)
Yale researchers discovered that hearing an unexpected sound just before making a decision led people to make riskier choices.

Psychology, Decision Making, Research, Sound

19 points by amichail 111 days ago | 1 comments

Another Reason Why You Should Sleep on It Before Making an Important Decision (today.duke.edu)
Science proves, once again, that we are easily deceived by first impressions.

Decision Making, Psychology, Sleep, Science

43 points by gnabgib 116 days ago | 17 comments

Satisficing (wikipedia.org)
Satisficing is a decision-making strategy or cognitive heuristic that entails searching through the available alternatives until an acceptability threshold is met.

Decision Making, Cognitive Science, Heuristics

8 points by yamrzou 121 days ago | 1 comments

Principal–Agent Problem (wikipedia.org)
The principal–agent problem refers to the conflict in interests and priorities that arises when one person or entity (the "agent") takes actions on behalf of another person or entity (the "principal").

Economics, Game Theory, Decision Making

4 points by olalonde 126 days ago | 0 comments

Ask HN: As a founder, How do you overcome Analysis Paralysis? (ycombinator.com)
Ask HN: As a founder, How do you overcome Analysis Paralysis?

Founders, Startup Advice, Decision Making, Analysis Paralysis

9 points by jerawaj749 128 days ago | 7 comments

The layers of strategic thinking behind our everyday conversations (optimallyirrational.com)
One of the points I made in Optimally Irrational is how incredibly good we are at solving the complex problems we face in our lives. We are often oblivious to the feats we are achieving. There is hardly a better example than something we do every day: talking to each other.

Cognitive Science, Communication, Human Behavior, Decision Making

15 points by yamrzou 130 days ago | 0 comments

You: Founder vs. Manager led Me: Just pick 'em from a lottery (twitter.com)
This article does not contain a lede or opening paragraph. The provided text is just a website name, 'x.com'.

Startup Culture, Leadership, Decision Making

12 points by rtills 133 days ago | 2 comments

How to be better at making decisions (mxstbr.com)

Decision Making, Self Improvement, Personal Development

24 points by gmgn 138 days ago | 5 comments

Life Without Hard Steps? (overcomingbias.com)

Life, Psychology, Decision Making

6 points by paulpauper 143 days ago | 0 comments

Show HN: Fix or Skip? (fixorskip.com)

Software, Web Development, Productivity Tools, Decision Making

10 points by theodraul 144 days ago | 2 comments

Ask HN: Should I quit my project and move on? (ycombinator.com)