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The law of proximity says people play many games at once, but the nearest visible game has the strongest effect on decision-making.
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Decision Making
The law of proximity says people play many games at once, but the nearest visible game has the strongest effect on decision-making.
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Jiang argues that the British system removes intuition and imagination from decision-making because they are too mysterious.
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"...one that is most close to you, and that impacts your decision -making the most, okay? So that's the law of proximity. So let..."
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"So let's examine this. The first game you play, of course, is the family game, right? So you might have parents. And you have..."
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"Yeah, I know. Then you go to work, where you're competing in order to win the favor of your boss and to be popular..."
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"...system, basically, it's trying to remove intuition and imagination from the decision -making process, from the intellectual process, because intuition and imagination are too..."
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"...of course, will lead to hubris. It will lead to bad decision making. No one will point this out because they're too afraid of..."
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"...are obvious in their moves, when there's certain inability to the decision making of certain players, what will happen is a new player will..."
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"...a republic and not a monarchy, because a lot of their decision -making has to go through consultation and diplomacy. This is also why..."
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The lecture names the law of proximity: people and nations play many games at once, but the nearest game is the one that governs action.
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