{"id":27812,"date":"2021-10-21T14:08:57","date_gmt":"2021-10-21T21:08:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.georgefox.edu\/dlgp\/?p=27812"},"modified":"2021-11-11T10:48:27","modified_gmt":"2021-11-11T18:48:27","slug":"did-i-make-the-right-choices-in-my-life","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.georgefox.edu\/dlgp\/did-i-make-the-right-choices-in-my-life\/","title":{"rendered":"Did I make the right choices in my life?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Daniel Kahneman, the author of Thinking, fast and slow<\/em>, has achieved enormous markers in his life as a renowned psychologist, emeritus professor of Princeton University, and winner of Noble prize in Economics. The international bestseller, Thinking, fast and slow<\/em>, educates the reader to become more conscious and reflect upon one\u2019s own decision-making process. The author\u2019s elaborate, profound, and genius demonstration of logics and usage in numbers prove how human reasoning is flawed and full of possible errors when it comes to decision making. Kahneman presents another level of perspective by explaining understanding of human judgments and decision making. Throughout the book, the author compares and contrasts between automatic operation of system 1 and controlled operations of system 2 to introduce the hybrid nature of decision-making process. I will definitely need more time to read it over couple more times in order to fully comprehend it because the book is thick and full of complex contents.<\/p>\n

Couple weeks ago, I finished watching the new global hit Korean drama series Squid Game on Netflix. I didn\u2019t appreciate all the gruesome and brutal killing scenes, but I was fascinated by the survival game plot and character developments in the drama. Also, the survival games that was sketched throughout the drama took me back to my childhood memories because almost all the Koreans my age did actually grow up playing red light- green light, Squid game, and licking on Dalgona candy.[1]<\/a><\/p>\n

I noticed two important factors that contributed to Squid game\u2019s success in appeal to the global audience. One came from Netflix\u2019s automatic system 1 ability to abolish communicating wall by subtitling and audio tracking in multiple languages and it\u2019s fast ability to market it globally. Also, I thought the greatest factor came from genius development and display of many real and connectible character from all levels of personality that exists in every ethnic society. Every character was a failure and they were offered a last chance in life to win big by playing with their lives. These characters were developed and fabulously acted in a way where every human being in the world can somehow identify with one of them as themselves or a failure they know as a close friend or family member. Throughout the drama, the characters display selfish, sinful, and greed driven decision-making process that switches between system 1 and system 2.<\/p>\n

As I worked through Kahneman\u2019s book, I questioned myself this question: \u2018Where does all of our life decision making ultimately lead to?\u2019 Kahneman\u2019s life-long exploration invites the readers to examine their own life decision-making process and learn to make better decisions by learning to both think fast and slow at the same time. In our technologically advanced age of amazon 1-click culture, everyone is trained more and more to think fast and act fast. Every competent and goal driven adult has growing list of demanding emails and personal things-to-do lists. The world is spinning faster and faster that we are never required to think slow anymore. The author wrote, \u201cMemory also holds the vast repertory of skills we have acquired in a lifetime of practice, which automatically produce adequate solutions to challenges as they arise.\u201d[2]<\/a> Most of the numbers and probabilities presented in the book represents human limits in best decision making based on life experiences, education background, and rational and irrational personal judgements combined into profit margins within 100%. If I were to add in a biblical perspective in decision making process, I would demonstrate the gospel reality beyond human limits where Jesus promised bearing harvest in 30 folds, 60 folds, and 100 folds! That can be taken in two ways. One is to simply take it as 3000%, 6000%, 100000% on the decisions you make or if we were to take it in a compound multiplication of 100% on each fold, then it becomes : 30 folds = 1,073,701,824 or 60 folds = 1,151,973,021,073,889,216 or 100 folds = 1,201,064,595,207,167,685,882,431,343,616. That is a number too big for me to handle~<\/p>\n

Kahnman concludes his book by reflecting upon the ultimate question of life: Did I make the right choices in my life? Not only do I want to better my thinking by thinking fast and slow, but I want to add another aspect of thinking with my 3 (God, Jesus and the Holy Spirit) As I finished the last sentence of the book, I prayed to God (to me God is the system 3 \u2013 the ultimate and perfect trinitarian system 3), \u2018Lord help me to make the right decisions in my life completely dependent on you! I need you Lord today so much more than yesterday!\u2019<\/p>\n

[1]<\/a> Dalgona candy \u2013 here\u2019s how to make it if you want to try some, your kids will love it. https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=U9uhgf0ISJs<\/p>\n

[2]<\/a> Daniel Kahneman, Thinking, Fast and Slow<\/em> (New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2013), 416.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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