Olivier Siboni, professor at HEC. “The more we think the choice is clear, the more we risk judging someone who disagrees with us as misguided or malicious.”

One of the top experts on the art of decision making, Olivier Siboni, explores the biases that affect our independence of mind and our free will. So important questions in voting.

Madame Figaro: Our ability to make decisions is called upon for these legislative elections in the conditions of unprecedented compression of election time. Back to the basics of what you call “decisional hygiene” in your books* for each of us, what is that?
Olivier Siboni. – My first point about decision making is that we don’t actually have to decide on everything. We often have the feeling that we, the citizens, are being called: opinion leaders, social networks, etc. – have an opinion about everything. We don’t use our right to doubt enough, at least not enough when we’re faced with difficult questions. Do we need more wind turbines? Nuclear power plants. Allow hydraulic fracturing? Build the A69? All…