Decisions should be based on facts, objectively considered.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
We try to make sensible decisions with the facts in front of us. The problem with sensible decisions is that so is everyone else.
It is not always what we know or analyzed before we make a decision that makes it a great decision. It is what we do after we make the decision to implement and execute it that makes it a good decision.
When you make a decision, you need facts. If those facts are in your brain, they're at your fingertips. If they're all in Google somewhere, you may not make the right decision on the spur of the moment.
A good decision is based on knowledge and not on numbers.
Most decisions are not binary, and there are usually better answers waiting to be found if you do the analysis and involve the right people.
It's really important when we're writing our opinions to be transparent about what our decision method in the case is and how we get from Point A to B to C in the analysis.
I tell my students, even if you are an opinion journalist, your opinion should be based on facts.
Every law, every constitution, every regulative decision is based upon what people are discussing in their community. It's based upon our sum knowledge of history and the present.
The truth is that many people set rules to keep from making decisions.
We decide based on how people look; we decide based on how people sound; we decide based on how people are dressed. We decide based on their passion.