Comments for "Why the abundance of choice is actually making us miserable" Video at VideoSift.com

By Farhad2000

Farhad2000 (http://farhad.videosift.com) — Wed, 21 Feb 2007 12:27:40 -0800

First of all I love this video and lecture. I agree with almost everything the man says, now to my rant.

I recut this video a while back and edited it down to get rid of his various tangents. Posted it on VS by asking James to sift it, and it did extremely well here. Then YouTube came along and not only took down this video and other TEDtalks I edited down, but went on to delete my entire account.

Here now, it's some guy pretending to be from TEDTalks, has a directors account and is just posting them straight from the website. Like honestly what, am I a pirate for making information more concise and digestible?

Fascists.

By rembar

rembar (http://www.videosift.com/member/rembar) — Wed, 21 Feb 2007 12:49:58 -0800

Hear, hear, Farhad. Nice sift, Eric.

By deputydog

deputydog (http://www.videosift.com/member/deputydog) — Wed, 21 Feb 2007 13:54:04 -0800

I feel your pain Farhad. Unlucky mate.

By siftbot

siftbot (http://siftbot.videosift.com) — Wed, 21 Feb 2007 22:56:10 -0800

Tags changed from "ted, barry schwartz" to "ted, barry schwartz,paradox of choice" by gold star member winkler1.

By messenger

messenger (http://www.videosift.com/member/messenger) — Sat, 09 Jun 2007 01:10:52 -0700

There's so many damn videos on this site. How do I decide which ones to watch? What if I choose the wrong ones to watch and waste my time? There should be fewer.

By Fred_Chopin

Fred_Chopin (http://www.videosift.com/member/Fred_Chopin) — Thu, 20 Sep 2007 06:34:10 -0700

I read his book after watching this video... I know it's gonna sound corny, but it truly changed my life, for the better I might say.

Go read it if what he says rings true with you.

By kulpims

kulpims (http://www.videosift.com/member/kulpims) — Mon, 02 Jun 2008 05:03:18 -0700

*promote

By siftbot

siftbot (http://siftbot.videosift.com) — Mon, 02 Jun 2008 05:03:19 -0700

Promoting this video back to the front page; last published Wednesday, February 21st, 2007 7:56pm PST - promote requested by kulpims.

By shuac

shuac (http://www.videosift.com/member/shuac) — Mon, 02 Jun 2008 06:28:07 -0700

The examples he uses to prove his points are...cartoons? Interesting choice.

By Crake

Crake (http://www.videosift.com/member/Crake) — Tue, 24 Feb 2009 08:14:34 -0800

Barry should get a tailor.

I saw this after seeing his Plea for More Wisdom, which I though was great, but in this one, he just comes off as a bitter old fart with a dystopic view of human nature. I'm glad he got more optimistic later.