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Decision Buddies

Decision buddies are people who can help us stay rational with our decisions and keep us on track

Principles

• Focuses on accuracy over confirmation
• Enforcing accountability and rationality
• Open-Mindedness

Buddy Traits

• Willing to partake in Truth-Seeking
• Should have one agreer, disageer, and referee

Benefits

• Approval from others helps us judge the quality of our Decision-Making
  • Accountability stems from wanting approval
    • Makes our beliefs and behavior similar to the rest of the group
• View diversity
  • External help and criticism can help us understand our blind spots
  • Devil’s Advocate

Practices

• Reflection
• Encouraging Discussion

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