TED | Talks | Barry Schwartz: The paradox of choice (video)

the vid is about 20 minutes long-you should watch at least some of it-the guy is good enough to make you stay if you have time...
he talk about how being offered too many choices is hindering our freedom-and hes right this is the plague of western civlization.
we're constantly unhappy because were constantly nagged by the thought that we could have done better instead of just being content with what we have...

One would rather be plagued with the bounty of too many choices than the wasteland of having none.

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Friends Don't Let Friends Use:

it would be less expensive if we pared some of this down-hes right its getting ridiculous

And just who should decide what choices should no longer be allowed?

This is a personal thing - let each of us sort it out on our own.

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Friends Don't Let Friends Use:

oh criminy-youre turning this into a clusterfk-the corps use this stuff for tax advantages and as an excuse to fleece the public..if your consumer dollar goes further after the adjustment you d think you might appreciate it

FM can't handle freedom.

Nor can he



Handle the Truth!

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the truth is Jack Nicholson is an asshole

and freedom is great for psychopaths and other uncivilized morons

Why don't you like having choices?

having choices is fine-its having the blinding number of superficial meaningless choices that dont address peoples real needs that irks me