Regret aversion
Risk & psychologyDistorting decisions to avoid the anticipated pain of a wrong choice.
In plain terms
Each regret produces the opposite error next time, which is how it compounds.
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Distorting decisions to avoid the anticipated pain of a wrong choice.
Each regret produces the opposite error next time, which is how it compounds.