Is Maximizing for Optionality Hurting You?

Summary

Ask most people what they'd most prefer, could they do anything, and most of it comes back to optionality. They want the ability to live anywhere, start any project, work from a beach, maybe even quit their job. This is especially true for young people. They optimize for more options. But what if this is a false premise? What if our pursuit of options is hurting us? Mihir A. Desai of Harvard thinks optimizing for optionality may backfire.