Sun, 07 Apr 2024 12:40:00 +0200
FLIP A COIN

your judgment is pretty good, and if you are stuck between two options,
it often does not matter which one you choose - life is 50% luck anyway.
the most stressful moments of my youth were when we had a big exams in
school because of all of the decisions i had to make. if you imagine the
decisions a major politician or a ceo of a big company has to make, it's
no wonder merkel and jobs wore practically the same outfit every day.

i might even want to say that the very big decisions in life can be made
with a coin flip - but only if you are truly stuck between two options.
sometimes the result of the coin flip disappoints you; this can help
break into your subconscious and filter out what you really think is
best - and of course, you can still overwrite the coin flip .

i often think of a bit of aziz ansari's comedy special, where he
highlights our reliance on the internet for decision-making. he
describes him standing in the toothbrush aisle of a store and doing a
web search for "the best toothbrush". later, he imagines walking up to
someone with poor dental health and asking what led to their condition,
to which the person responds, "i guess i chose the wrong toothbrush."

from a philosophical standpoint, existentialism argues that life
revolves around decision-making, stressing individual freedom and
responsibility. i think we cannot not make a decision; letting a coin
make a decision is also an active decision.