Choose Wisely: Rationality, Ethics, and the Art of Decisionmaking

Type: Book

As of November 2026, Choose Wisely: Rationality, Ethics, and the Art of Decisionmaking has been mentioned in one podcast episode on John R. Miles (Feb 2026). Co-authored by Barry Schwarz, discussed as a critique of rational choice theory and its impact on decision-making.

James Blair Seaborn CM was a Canadian diplomat and civil servant best remembered for the Seaborn Mission of 1964–1965 in connection with the Vietnam War and for heading the "Seaborn Panel" of the 1990s that examined the subject of how to dispose of nuclear waste in Canada. Seaborn would ultimately become the best-known of all of Canada's ICC representatives, but the Canadian historian Victor Levant noted that "he did not gain this notoriety until long after his tour of duty." The Seaborn Mission