thomblake comments on Individual Rationality Is a Matter of Life and Death - Less Wrong

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Comment author: thomblake 02 April 2009 01:31:42PM 2 points [-]

The idea is to take off the burden of as much decisions as possible(at least the important ones) from the individual.

Luckily, we have built-in mechanisms for this. By behaving rationally, we can develop good habits that will help us automatically make the right decision in the future. Aristotle called these sorts of habits 'virtues'.