![]() Please remember to thank our sponsors, without whom the Shaping Opinion podcast would not exist. And for Barry Schwartz, it all started when he wanted to buy a new pair of blue jeans. This is a subject he’s researched extensively, written about extensively, and talked about extensively. Barry believes that having unlimited freedom of choice is not without its problems. To be sure, Barry says that people are not perfect “rational choosers.” In other words, we don’t always make the best choices for the best reasons at the best times. In America, freedom is considered the “highest good.” the more freedom we all have the better off our society is, so when the government wants to restrict our freedom, we make it work hard to justify the imposition.Īs Barry says, “Freedom without choice is completely hollow.” The more choice we have, the more freedom we have.įreedom is a good thing. ![]() The more freedom we have, the more well-being we have. In the Preface to his book called, “The Paradox of Choice,” Barry Schwartz sums it up quite well. ![]() In this episode, he discusses the balance between having the freedom of choice and the potential to be held captive by having too much choice. ![]() While Barry has written several books and is a popular public speaker, this book is about how having more choice may not be all it’s cracked up to be. Psychologist, author, researcher and professor Barry Schwartz joins Tim to talk about his landmark book called Paradox of Choice: Why More is Less. ![]()
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