The key take-away is that all of us, when making a decision, need to carefully think through what we absolutely need to know in order to make a good decision, rather than delaying decision making and leaning on the crutch of more time to gather non-essential data that may contribute to a poorer decision.
Decision Making: On the Pursuit and Misuse of Useless Information
The paper's thesis is that decision makers often delay decisions to pursue nothing relevant
March 4, 2014