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Grappling With Life's "Wild Problems"

The Art of Manliness

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What Are Wild Problems?

There's a species of decisions where this typical utilitarian economic approach to decision making doesn't work. These are called wild problems, and they can be very different from the usual rational choices. We don't have an algorithm or an easy way to make the best decision. Once we get into it, we're different people, which raises the question of who we want to be.

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