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Is freedom synonymous with choice? Barry Schwartz shines on a lamp on the very many
differences on living in this century and having to be burdened by the paradoxically
amazing changes in social and technological advancement. On one end of the spectrum we
live in a time that has more of a sense of choice than any other. At any moment of any day,
a person can decide on a plethora of different issue varying from the very gender they were
both with to the infinite amounts of different possibilities of cell phone background image.
Although some of these choices may be minute and others quite life defining, these
choices have begun to take a profound effect on the daily life of the modern man. There is
much to be said about the liberty one gains from being able to make educated and
personalized decisions on any subject imaginable, yet Schwartz doesn't focus on the
positives in this instance. Schwartz describes this level of choice in a context of being
strangled by the volume of choice. One cannot make a decision quickly when there is more
choice than can be processed normally. Should a person make a correct decision, it is very
likely that said person would feel regret knowing that there were other perhaps equally as
positive choices that were not only possible but even plausible. To go on further, when one
is offered with a multitude of choice in a decision; the burden of responsibility is lain on
the decider. Whereas with no choice the blame of a poor choice made is on those unknown
outside forces that seemingly control the world. Barry Schwartz sums of his point with the
philosophy that some choice makes a situation better but too much makes it worse.
Although he doesn't give an exact estimate on how much choice is good, Schwartz does
give clever insight into a subject that felt surprisingly unargued.
I am really quite the capitalist in terms of philosophy and had always leaned towards the
concept that more is better; competing ideas and products ultimately create the best form
of said idea or product. What astounds me is how little I applied this concept to happiness,
and it occurs to me that when I make a decision with more choices available to me. I do
feel that regret that Schwartz speaks of. I find that this paradox of choice seems to have an
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