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A review by plannedandplanted
The Paradox of Choice: Why More Is Less by Barry Schwartz
2.0
While Schwartz brings up a lot of interesting points, it does often feel like he’s repeating himself, or stating in 1 chapter what could be easily conveyed in a few pages.
Similarity, towards the end, he talks about the increase in depression/suicide rates (middle of chapter 10) and basically comes to the conclusion that the increase in the number of choices we have to make directly correlates to the rise in suicide. While it’s true that increase of choice may slightly contribute to rise in depression/suicide, it seems like there are a slew of other factors that have far more of an impact than # of choices. I thought that was poor science in his part.
Similarity, towards the end, he talks about the increase in depression/suicide rates (middle of chapter 10) and basically comes to the conclusion that the increase in the number of choices we have to make directly correlates to the rise in suicide. While it’s true that increase of choice may slightly contribute to rise in depression/suicide, it seems like there are a slew of other factors that have far more of an impact than # of choices. I thought that was poor science in his part.