Maltese Cross Paradox of Choice

Andrea points to an article by Christopher Caldwell in the latest New Yorker concerning the book The Paradox of Choice: Why More is Less by Barry Schwartz. I read this book last month and found it topical. Schwartz’s thesis is that the overwhelming number of consumer choices available leads to a “tyranny of choice” such that choice becomes harmful and paralyzing rather than beneficial. Caldwell quotes Hegel thusly: “The ordinary man believes he is free when he is permitted to act arbitrarily, but in this very arbitrariness lies the fact that he is unfree.”

Leave a comment

(Required)

(Required, but not displayed)



Creative Commons License
This weblog is licensed under a Creative Commons License.
Validation: XHTML 1.0CSS 2.1Atom 1.0

manufactured environments

This is a blog about technology, music, vinyl, turntables and more.

Blog Feed: Recent Entries
Archives: 2000 to 2008
About: Daniel Stout
Classic Entries
The Tag Cloud
Contact


my other blogs

Manufactured Fotos is a collection of my photography.

Manufactured Podcasts is a podcast featuring poetry and PDFcasts.

monthly archives