One of my favorite examples in the book is how temporal landmarks distort judgment. This is how we relate to time and how we use time to structure days, weeks, months, and years.

they help us make shortcuts in our decision-making processes that serve us well most of the time.

Your decisionscape is the mental equivalent; it’s what you put into consideration, how you foreground and background things, and where you put the focus of your attention.

A decisionscape is the cognizant equivalent of an artist’s canvas.

We operate and make decisions within bounds that are entirely invisible to us.

frame

composition

viewpoint.

distance and diminution

I set out to bring together insights from the arts that could help sharpen our understanding of why and how people make decisions, what they value, and how decision making manifests in our society.

“the process through which all young people and adults acquire and apply the knowledge, skills, and attitudes to develop healthy identities, manage emotions and achieve personal and collective goals, feel and show empathy for others, establish and maintain supportive relationships, and make responsible and caring decisions.”