Deprecated: Hook jetpack_pre_connection_prompt_helpers is deprecated since version jetpack-13.2.0 with no alternative available. in /hermes/bosnacweb04/bosnacweb04ay/b1602/nf.whysel/public_html/decisionfish.com/wp-includes/functions.php on line 6031 Warning: Cannot modify header information - headers already sent by (output started at /hermes/bosnacweb04/bosnacweb04ay/b1602/nf.whysel/public_html/decisionfish.com/wp-includes/functions.php:6031) in /hermes/bosnacweb04/bosnacweb04ay/b1602/nf.whysel/public_html/decisionfish.com/wp-includes/feed-rss2-comments.php on line 8 Comments for Decision Fish: Decide For Yourself https://www.decisionfish.com/ Decision Fish: Decide For Yourself Mon, 31 Jul 2023 03:11:47 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.4.3 Comment on Financial Markets and the Ukraine War by Tom Piskula https://www.decisionfish.com/financial-markets-and-the-ukraine-war/#comment-2664 Wed, 16 Mar 2022 17:48:19 +0000 https://www.decisionfish.com/?p=12580#comment-2664 Fantastic!

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Comment on Facts & Logic Can Save Us (Please Let Them!) by Ken Acks https://www.decisionfish.com/facts-logic-can-save-us-please-let-them/#comment-2663 Wed, 10 Oct 2018 23:57:11 +0000 http://www.decisionfish.com/?p=3938#comment-2663 Unfortunately, one side representing 30%-40% of the population has long been committed to denial and falsehoods, and this commitment has increased exponentially in the past two years. I had long believed in trying to reconciling different perspectives and reasoning with them. Sadly, this strategy is clearly not indicated in the face of rigid fixed ideas fought for viciously and often unscupulously by racists and others filled with dangerous deplorable ideas with weak associations to facts. Not recognizing this can lead to insufficient countermeasures.

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Comment on 3 Vicious Cycles: Links Among Financial, Physical and Mental Health by Ken Acks https://www.decisionfish.com/vicious-cycles/#comment-2424 Sat, 28 Jul 2018 03:42:22 +0000 http://www.decisionfish.com/?p=3881#comment-2424 Excellent article. Illustrates a critical flaw of standard neoclassical econ which takes preferences as fixed and given. We need to use behavioral economics and other more comprehensive dynamic approaches to optimize policies. The less fortunate should not be demonized or punished when faced with financial difficulty.

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Comment on Seven Good Reasons NOT to Save by Brian Asingia https://www.decisionfish.com/seven-good-reasons-not-to-save/#comment-2255 Mon, 05 Mar 2018 14:27:26 +0000 http://www.decisionfish.com/?p=3151#comment-2255 I usually reflect daily but a recent 30th birthday had me reflecting on the future me and the journey or decisions I need to make to get there. it is easy to dismiss something if we don’t take the time to acknowledge it or even face it head on. for me this was my time to look in the mirror and am glad I did. Ready to take the steps for current and future me.

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Comment on Best Wishes for Failing Successfully in the New Year! 😏 by Wally k https://www.decisionfish.com/failure/#comment-2172 Wed, 03 Jan 2018 15:48:44 +0000 http://www.decisionfish.com/?p=2914#comment-2172 Heroic and inspirational Brett! Thnks for sharing. HNY.

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Comment on Beat the Budgeting Blues by Tim https://www.decisionfish.com/budgeting/#comment-2130 Tue, 14 Nov 2017 14:24:51 +0000 http://www.decisionfish.com/?p=2832#comment-2130 Great article! Inspiring!!

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Comment on Health Insurance Enrollment: A Superhuman Decision by Forrest Cavalier https://www.decisionfish.com/health-insurance/#comment-1759 Wed, 14 Dec 2016 15:06:51 +0000 http://www.decisionfish.com/?p=1337#comment-1759 Regular Americans are learning some of the problems that small business owners have always seen. This just scratches the surface: what about HSA usage and small business tax deductions for premiums?

Worse: I haven’t found anyone reporting how the subsidy funding formula, which caps OOP while premiums skyrocket, is a huge problem. I don’t see how it is sustainable.

Also, I am astounded at the variety of choices you show. Here in eastern PA, too many insurers dropped out.

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Comment on Health Insurance Enrollment: A Superhuman Decision by Steve Whysel https://www.decisionfish.com/health-insurance/#comment-1758 Wed, 14 Dec 2016 15:03:52 +0000 http://www.decisionfish.com/?p=1337#comment-1758 A similar problem exists with the miriad choices of health insurance for those eligible for Medicare. It feels like I am throwing a dart at a board with the list of available choices, and this is after trying to carefully analyze choices based on costs vs. benefits.

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Comment on Good Behavior? What I Learned at the Behavioral Summit (and How it Freaked Me Out a Little) by Forrest Cavalier https://www.decisionfish.com/good-behavior/#comment-1683 Wed, 30 Nov 2016 20:13:08 +0000 http://www.decisionfish.com/?p=1115#comment-1683 I also am interested in the ultimate question you ask. How could a business/academic field, or a corporation, have a conscience? A field is a convenient collection, not a body, and a corporation is a tool, mere technology.

I see huge implications for humanity that are hard to see if you are not in the field and educated about ethics. Two examples: Chasing eyeballs created the 24/7 partisan news cycle, which I think is one factor in dehumanizing us. Machine Learning is poorly-understood (basically magic) that is affecting you-name-it (google search results, facebook feeds, product promotion, etc.) in dehumanizing ways. Algorithms are great at maximizing something, but what is that ‘something?’ It seems the optimized variables are never chosen based on consideration of ethics, even remotely. The closest it comes is regulatory consideration, which isn’t even a poor substitute.

The state of affairs is an important topic of discussion in our family of teens and pre-teens. We recommended to our son (who wants to be a tech entrepreneur) that it would be better to attend a good liberal arts college rather than get a CS degree. He didn’t need a lot of convincing. He is a smart kid, getting wiser by studying classical ethics, philosophy, literature, history.

Keep writing and keep influencing, Brett. Those who have the vision have a moral obligation to inspire and teach. The next 10 years will determine the next 100.

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Comment on Good Behavior? What I Learned at the Behavioral Summit (and How it Freaked Me Out a Little) by Randy sabourin https://www.decisionfish.com/good-behavior/#comment-1311 Tue, 18 Oct 2016 20:37:15 +0000 http://www.decisionfish.com/?p=1115#comment-1311 enjoyed this and other posts Brett, good stuff.

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