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How to ThinkIn the Age of AI
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Evaluate decisions as members of a class rather…

Evaluate decisions as members of a class rather than as isolated instances to avoid narrow framing that rejects positive expected value.

Why This Is a Principle

Derives from Mental Models Are Singular by Default (people construct single mental models without alternatives) and Humans discount future rewards hyperbolically rather… (humans discount hyperbolically). Kahneman's broad framing principle prescribes widening temporal scope before evaluation—following from axioms about default narrow construction and temporal discounting.