ted,barry schwartz,paradox of choice Why the abundance of choice is actually making us miserable

Why the abundance of choice is actually making us miserable

posted by eric3579

2 years 4 months 1 week ago • 2026 views

tags: ted, barry schwartz, paradox of choice

Barry Schwartz is a sociology professor at Swarthmore College and author of The Paradox of Choice. In this talk, he persuasively explains how and why the abundance of choice in modern society is actually making us miserable.

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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.

written by Farhad2000

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Hear, hear, Farhad. Nice sift, Eric.

written by rembar

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I feel your pain Farhad. Unlucky mate.

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

written by siftbot

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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.

written by messenger

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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.

written by Fred_Chopin

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*promote

written by kulpims

| 1 year 1 month ago | CH

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

written by siftbot

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

written by shuac

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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.

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