I was playing a board game yesterday called Ticket to Ride: Europe. While we were learning the rules, my intelligent friend says "Okay, what can I do on my turn? What are my decision points?" It took me a little by surprise. Instead of trying to learn all of the rules of the game (which were numerous), he was focused on his possible courses of action. And the truth is, if you break the game down, you have 4 options over the course of maybe 40-60 turns.
In games, decision points are very important. There is likely to be a random element, but the only things we can have influence is during a decision point. A part of the random element may be influenced by other players, but that's where game theory also comes into play.
So what are the decision points in our lives? Do we choose our values or do our parents and our society choose them for us? Did you choose to go to college or not? Did you choose your group of friends or were they the most available? How did you choose your hobbies?
What are the major decision points in life? What are the range of possibilities and how do we come upon those possibilities?
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