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the art of choosing nothing while time picks for you anyway
means Unable to make a decision, or constantly wavering between choices without committing to any.
from From Latin 'in-' ('not') plus 'decidere' ('to decide'), which itself breaks down to 'de-' ('off') and 'caedere' ('to cut') — so to decide is literally to cut a thing off, to sever your options. The indecisive person, then, is the one who never quite makes the cut. The English word arrived in the 18th century, built on 'decisive,' which had been around a bit longer doing the cleaner work.
- brain tax
- every option drains willpower before you decide
- the term
- too many choices breeds analysis paralysis
- default wins
- not choosing is itself a choice
- menu math
- more options lower satisfaction with the pick
- the cost
- delay often hurts more than wrong answers
hamlet — shakespeare's protagonist who delays killing his uncle claudius throughout the entire play, unable to act despite multiple opportunities
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