IS IT rational to regret? In an uncertain world, choice implies the
possibility of regret.
But good decisions can have bad outcomes and vice versa—being unlucky
is not the same as making a mistake. Lying in hospital awaiting surgery for a
self-inflicted injury, I couldn’t blame my luck, but I could regret my
mistake.
For a year, the escalator at my local underground train station was out of
action. So every day, fearing a train might just be arriving, I ran three steps
at a time, down the long spiral staircase. Of course, I was as likely to just…
