Feeling, then reason

"Reason is and ought only to be the slave of the passions." — David Hume When I started writing about decision-making 163 blogs ago, I started from the perspective that we reach our views through a mostly “rational” process. We gather evidence then weigh it, apply challenge to it, and only then conclude. Emotions were a fly in the ointment that we should acknowledge and weigh. I no longer believe…