I’ve recently had conversations with multiple friends about their willingness to take the COVID-19 vaccine if it was offered to them today.
I’ve heard a wide range of answers: from complete trust in the government, to not wanting to be vaccinated until there is proof there are no long term side effects—particularly from the new mRNA vaccine.
The conversations got me thinking about this idea: we often make decisions based on averages, but we experience life as a single data point.
The difference between the known quantity (the average), and how we’ll experience it (the single data point), can often be a source of internal tension.
I like to think I live probabilistically, but I admit that in personal matters, I’m often swayed by my own experience as a single data point.
How about you?