28 Oct 2015

The Paradox of Choice: Why More Is Less - by Barry Schwartz

This book was a fascinating read and opened my eyes to many aspects of modern psychology, apart from the main theme of “choice". The author investigates every facet of the main subject - how choice affects us from a psychologist’s perspective. This brings in discussions about control [or lack thereof] and much information about depression etc.

Apart from the discussion of the “problem” of choice, the author gives some sound advice about how the reader can handle the glut of options that assail our everyday life.

When I started the book, I was concerned that, being 10 years old, the book would be outdated, but that really was not the case. The book is also very American biased, but I did not feel that this detracted from the enjoyment or usefulness of the book to the non-American reader.

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