Decision Wiki
A public evidence base for how people choose under pressure, uncertainty, incentives, social influence and limited information.
Index
192 reusable decision questions across 39 domains. Each question has explicit answer options; each observed answer stores who chose it and when.
- risk: 2 decision questions
- endurance: 2 decision questions
- planning: 1 decision questions
- uncertainty: 10 decision questions
- social strategy: 4 decision questions
- trust: 1 decision questions
- information: 2 decision questions
- game theory: 2 decision questions
- ethics: 11 decision questions
- bargaining: 1 decision questions
- distribution: 1 decision questions
- leadership: 9 decision questions
- resource strategy: 1 decision questions
- identity: 1 decision questions
- conflict: 1 decision questions
- problem solving: 1 decision questions
- judgment: 1 decision questions
- execution: 1 decision questions
- social pressure: 1 decision questions
- timing: 1 decision questions
- negotiation: 1 decision questions
- rules: 1 decision questions
- daily life: 8 decision questions
- money: 8 decision questions
- work: 8 decision questions
- education: 8 decision questions
- health: 8 decision questions
- relationships: 8 decision questions
- family: 8 decision questions
- home: 8 decision questions
- travel: 8 decision questions
- consumption: 8 decision questions
- technology: 8 decision questions
- civic: 8 decision questions
- safety: 8 decision questions
- environment: 8 decision questions
- time: 8 decision questions
- creativity: 8 decision questions
- communication: 8 decision questions
Decision catalogue
- Certain reward vs uncertain upside — cash / mystery option · risk
- Persist vs voluntarily exit — stay / exit · endurance
- Allocate scarce space — few high-value items / many smaller items · planning
- Choose under hidden information — select one concealed option · uncertainty
- Choose teammates — familiar / strong / diverse / available · social strategy
- Form an alliance or remain independent — ally / remain independent · social strategy
- Trust another player or investigate — trust / verify / reject · trust
- Share useful information or conceal it — share / partially share / conceal · information
- Cooperate or optimize personal advantage — cooperate / defect · game theory
- Accept personal loss or transfer risk — self-sacrifice / transfer risk · ethics
- Take a safer path or a high-upside path — safe / high-risk · risk
- Accept a guaranteed offer or continue — accept / continue · bargaining
- Share a reward or compete for all of it — split / winner-take-all · distribution
- Lead a group or follow another plan — lead / follow / abstain · leadership
- Spend resources now or conserve them — spend / conserve · resource strategy
- Reveal identity or strategically curate it — reveal / partially reveal / conceal · identity
- Forgive betrayal or retaliate — forgive / distance / retaliate · conflict
- Rely on strength or strategy — strength / strategy / hybrid · problem solving
- Quit or endure escalating discomfort — quit / endure · endurance
- Help a rival or maximize personal odds — help / decline / trade · ethics
- Follow evidence or group pressure — evidence / group / abstain · judgment
- Choose a familiar or apparently stronger partner — familiar / strong / random · social strategy
- Signal truthfully or bluff — truth / bluff / silence · information
- Act quickly or verify first — speed / accuracy / hybrid · execution
- Prioritize individual or team outcome — individual / team · game theory
- Accept known cost or explore uncertain cost — known / unknown · uncertainty
- Choose publicly or privately when allowed — public / private · social pressure
- Commit now or delay for more information — commit / delay · timing
- Compromise or hold position — compromise / hold · negotiation
- Pause to help or continue toward the objective — rescue / continue / seek help · ethics
- Obey a rule or challenge its interpretation — obey / appeal / exploit · rules
- Keep loyalty or switch for advantage — stay loyal / switch · social strategy
- Wake now or snooze — wake now / snooze · daily life
- Cook or order food — cook / order · daily life
- Go out or stay home — go out / stay home · daily life
- Do it now or schedule it — do now / schedule · daily life
- Walk, drive or use transit — walk / drive / transit / other · daily life
- Repair or replace — repair / replace / delay · daily life
- Keep, donate or discard — keep / donate / discard / sell · daily life
- Follow routine or improvise — routine / improvise / hybrid · daily life
- Save, spend or invest available money — save / spend / invest / split · money
- Buy now or wait — buy now / wait / do not buy · money
- Pay cash or borrow — cash / borrow / mixed · money
- Choose lower price or higher quality — lower price / higher quality / balanced · money
- Take guaranteed income or variable upside — guaranteed / variable / mixed · money
- Repay debt or build savings first — repay debt / build savings / split · money
- Rent or buy — rent / buy / delay · money
- Disclose a financial risk or stay silent — disclose / stay silent / partial disclosure · money
- Accept, negotiate or reject an offer — accept / negotiate / reject · work
- Stay in a role or leave — stay / leave / prepare exit · work
- Build alone or recruit collaborators — alone / collaborate / outsource · work
- Ship now or improve further — ship / improve / limited release · work
- Follow the manager or challenge the plan — follow / challenge / seek review · work
- Specialize or remain generalist — specialize / generalize / hybrid · work
- Take ownership or delegate — own / delegate / share · work
- Reveal a mistake or conceal it — reveal / conceal / investigate first · work
- Study now or rest first — study / rest / short study · education
- Learn independently or seek a teacher — independent / teacher / hybrid · education
- Choose depth or breadth — depth / breadth / balanced · education
- Continue the course or withdraw — continue / withdraw / pause · education
- Memorize or understand conceptually — memorize / understand / both · education
- Ask for help or keep trying alone — ask / continue alone / time-box then ask · education
- Choose interest or career utility — interest / utility / combined · education
- Submit now or revise — submit / revise / request extension · education
- Rest or continue activity after symptoms — rest / continue / seek assessment · health
- Seek professional care or monitor — seek care / monitor / urgent care · health
- Start treatment or seek a second opinion — start / second opinion / decline · health
- Disclose symptoms or keep them private — disclose / private / limited disclosure · health
- Choose immediate relief or long-term prevention — relief / prevention / both · health
- Exercise or recover today — exercise / recover / light activity · health
- Follow the plan or stop because of side effects — continue / stop / contact clinician · health
- Prioritize sleep or another obligation — sleep / obligation / compromise · health
- Speak honestly or avoid conflict — speak / avoid / delay conversation · relationships
- Forgive, distance or end contact — forgive / distance / end contact · relationships
- Commit or remain casual — commit / casual / end · relationships
- Trust, verify or refuse — trust / verify / refuse · relationships
- Compromise or hold a boundary — compromise / hold boundary / leave · relationships
- Apologize or defend your action — apologize / defend / clarify · relationships
- Share private information or keep it confidential — share / keep confidential / ask permission · relationships
- Help, decline or set conditions — help / decline / conditional help · relationships
- Follow family expectations or choose independently — follow / independent / negotiate · family
- Provide support or protect personal resources — support / protect / limited support · family
- Intervene in conflict or stay neutral — intervene / neutral / mediate · family
- Live together or separately — together / separately / temporary arrangement · family
- Reveal difficult news now or later — now / later / through intermediary · family
- Prioritize one member or distribute equally — prioritize need / equal / rotate · family
- Preserve tradition or adopt a new approach — tradition / new approach / blend · family
- Accept responsibility or refuse it — accept / refuse / share · family
- Move or remain — move / remain / temporary move · home
- Live alone or share housing — alone / share / family · home
- Choose lower cost or better location — lower cost / better location / balanced · home
- Renovate or relocate — renovate / relocate / delay · home
- Buy furniture or keep space minimal — buy / minimal / used items · home
- Prioritize privacy or community — privacy / community / balanced · home
- Sign the lease or keep searching — sign / search / negotiate · home
- Report a problem or tolerate it — report / tolerate / repair personally · home
- Travel now or postpone — travel / postpone / cancel · travel
- Choose speed, cost or comfort — speed / cost / comfort / balanced · travel
- Book early or wait — book early / wait / flexible booking · travel
- Follow the plan or change route — follow plan / change route / pause · travel
- Travel alone or with others — alone / with others / group tour · travel
- Take a known route or explore — known / explore / guided · travel
- Continue during disruption or turn back — continue / turn back / wait · travel
- Carry more supplies or travel light — more supplies / travel light / balanced · travel
- Choose convenience or sustainability — convenience / sustainability / balanced · consumption
- Buy branded or generic — branded / generic / compare · consumption
- Own or subscribe — own / subscribe / borrow · consumption
- Choose new or used — new / used / refurbished · consumption
- Purchase individually or share — individual / share / rent · consumption
- Prioritize features or simplicity — features / simplicity / balanced · consumption
- Return the product or keep it — return / keep / exchange · consumption
- Follow reviews or personal judgment — reviews / personal judgment / both · consumption
- Automate or keep a human in the loop — automate / human review / manual · technology
- Share data or preserve privacy — share / private / limited share · technology
- Use open source or proprietary technology — open source / proprietary / hybrid · technology
- Update now or wait for stability — update / wait / test separately · technology
- Build or buy — build / buy / integrate · technology
- Use AI output or verify manually — use / verify / reject · technology
- Optimize performance or reliability — performance / reliability / balanced · technology
- Centralize or decentralize control — centralize / decentralize / federate · technology
- Vote, abstain or protest — vote / abstain / protest / multiple · civic
- Follow a policy or challenge it legally — follow / challenge / seek exemption · civic
- Report wrongdoing or remain anonymous — report openly / anonymous report / do not report · civic
- Prioritize liberty or collective safety — liberty / safety / balanced · civic
- Support local or national action — local / national / both · civic
- Accept compromise or demand full change — compromise / full change / delay · civic
- Join collective action or act individually — collective / individual / both · civic
- Trust official information or seek independent verification — trust / verify / reject · civic
- Tell a harmful truth or a protective lie — truth / lie / withhold · ethics
- Follow the rule or prevent greater harm — rule / prevent harm / seek exception · ethics
- Reward merit or prioritize need — merit / need / mixed · ethics
- Protect one person or benefit many — protect one / benefit many / seek alternative · ethics
- Expose confidential evidence or preserve confidentiality — expose / preserve / limited disclosure · ethics
- Accept personal cost to help others — accept cost / decline / set limit · ethics
- Punish, rehabilitate or forgive — punish / rehabilitate / forgive / combine · ethics
- Act now with uncertainty or wait for proof — act / wait / precautionary step · ethics
- Evacuate or shelter in place — evacuate / shelter / await instruction · safety
- Intervene or call trained help — intervene / call help / both · safety
- Continue the mission or abort — continue / abort / pause · safety
- Warn publicly or verify first — warn / verify / limited warning · safety
- Use the fastest route or safest route — fastest / safest / balanced · safety
- Protect yourself or assist another first — self first / other first / simultaneous · safety
- Comply with a threat or resist — comply / resist / escape / seek help · safety
- Report a near miss or keep silent — report / silent / anonymous report · safety
- Reduce consumption or offset impact — reduce / offset / both · environment
- Protect habitat or develop land — protect / develop / restricted development · environment
- Use reusable or disposable materials — reusable / disposable / context dependent · environment
- Prioritize present needs or future resilience — present / future / balanced · environment
- Adapt to change or prevent it — adapt / prevent / both · environment
- Choose local or imported goods — local / imported / compare impact · environment
- Invest in efficiency or expand capacity — efficiency / capacity / both · environment
- Publish environmental risk or wait for certainty — publish / wait / provisional notice · environment
- Prioritize urgent or important work — urgent / important / sequence both · time
- Start now or gather more information — start / gather / time-box research · time
- Focus deeply or handle many small tasks — deep focus / small tasks / alternate · time
- Keep a deadline or improve quality — deadline / quality / renegotiate · time
- Attend or decline an invitation — attend / decline / partial attendance · time
- Continue or take a break — continue / break / stop · time
- Plan the day or respond adaptively — plan / adaptive / hybrid · time
- Protect personal time or accept another request — protect time / accept / reschedule · time
- Follow the brief or reinterpret it — follow / reinterpret / hybrid · creativity
- Publish imperfect work or keep refining — publish / refine / limited release · creativity
- Use a familiar style or experiment — familiar / experiment / combine · creativity
- Create alone or co-create — alone / co-create / seek critique · creativity
- Optimize originality or accessibility — originality / accessibility / balanced · creativity
- Keep or remove a controversial element — keep / remove / revise · creativity
- Use constraints or maximize freedom — constraints / freedom / selected constraints · creativity
- Follow audience feedback or artistic judgment — audience / artistic judgment / blend · creativity
- Speak now or listen longer — speak / listen / ask question · communication
- Be direct or diplomatic — direct / diplomatic / contextual · communication
- Communicate publicly or privately — public / private / both · communication
- Correct misinformation or avoid escalation — correct / avoid / private correction · communication
- Use detail or brevity — detail / brevity / layered · communication
- Reply immediately or after reflection — immediate / reflect / acknowledge then reply · communication
- State certainty or disclose uncertainty — certainty / uncertainty / range · communication
- Translate literally or adapt meaning — literal / adapt / annotate · communication
- Decide alone or seek consensus — alone / consensus / consult then decide · leadership
- Protect the team or enforce accountability — protect / accountability / both · leadership
- Share authority or centralize it — share / centralize / temporary delegation · leadership
- Reward results or process — results / process / both · leadership
- Reveal uncertainty or project confidence — reveal / project confidence / calibrated honesty · leadership
- Change strategy or stay the course — change / stay / pilot alternative · leadership
- Prioritize speed or participation — speed / participation / bounded consultation · leadership
- Promote internally or recruit externally — internal / external / open competition · leadership
- Choose the known option or explore — known / explore / small experiment · uncertainty
- Act on probability or wait for certainty — act / wait / hedge · uncertainty
- Diversify or concentrate — diversify / concentrate / core plus experiments · uncertainty
- Use intuition or formal analysis — intuition / analysis / both · uncertainty
- Reverse course or continue after new evidence — reverse / continue / pause · uncertainty
- Prepare for worst case or optimize expected case — worst case / expected case / robust plan · uncertainty
- Make one large bet or several small bets — large bet / small bets / staged bet · uncertainty
- Trust the model or override it — trust / override / review · uncertainty
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