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#568 - Dean Rickles - How To Deal With The Shortness Of Life

Modern Wisdom

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The Paradox of Choice

The more options there are, the more ways there are of getting it wrong. It's almost like an entropy kind of calculation. Barry Schwartz uses this great example in his TED Talk from 10, 12, maybe 15 years ago now. He says if you're faced with all of these different options, a lot of the time you walk out of the store with no jeans.

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