Interesting article, Alvaro. I never thought of 'freedom' and 'too many options' paired like that. Like you at your grocery store, we Americans are slammed with choices everyday. I think we get used to it after while and narrow down the choices we make. Then again, there are those who are quite unsettled when handed too many choices. I think it's FOMO.
After walking through an festival's vendor section one day, my companion remarked, to my surprise, that I had an amazing capacity to walk through all the tempting artwork, etc., and only focus on that one thing that attracts me. I hadn't really thought about that before. I was 50-something and thought I'd outgrown wanting everything in sight, like my grandson bouncing from one toy to another. It's a childhood phase as far as I'm concerned. Apparently, few people do outgrow that urge to HAVE amd succumb to all the latest gadgets, apps, and features in our ever-complicated world. Having so many choices, to me, is a form of slavery to feed the economy either at the whim of someone's marketing or our own need to have the latest-greatest status symbol. At 75, I just want to get rid of all this debris that fills my house. Thanks for this article, Alvaro. Lots of food for thought.
It's funny how modern life has brought us new problems. Before the problem was scarcity, the lack of opportunities, now there are too many options and choosing has gone from being a privilege to something exhausting.
We all have that fear of missing out, the famous FOMO. It's natural every time we let a possible opportunity pass us by, the problem happens when that worry doesn't let you live in peace and makes you buy impulsively because you don't know how to choose.
It is impressive how much the world has changed, before the problem was scarcity, now it is the exaggerated abundance of options. These are new problems that we never imagined in the past.
Interesting article, Alvaro. I never thought of 'freedom' and 'too many options' paired like that. Like you at your grocery store, we Americans are slammed with choices everyday. I think we get used to it after while and narrow down the choices we make. Then again, there are those who are quite unsettled when handed too many choices. I think it's FOMO.
After walking through an festival's vendor section one day, my companion remarked, to my surprise, that I had an amazing capacity to walk through all the tempting artwork, etc., and only focus on that one thing that attracts me. I hadn't really thought about that before. I was 50-something and thought I'd outgrown wanting everything in sight, like my grandson bouncing from one toy to another. It's a childhood phase as far as I'm concerned. Apparently, few people do outgrow that urge to HAVE amd succumb to all the latest gadgets, apps, and features in our ever-complicated world. Having so many choices, to me, is a form of slavery to feed the economy either at the whim of someone's marketing or our own need to have the latest-greatest status symbol. At 75, I just want to get rid of all this debris that fills my house. Thanks for this article, Alvaro. Lots of food for thought.
Hi Sue!
It's funny how modern life has brought us new problems. Before the problem was scarcity, the lack of opportunities, now there are too many options and choosing has gone from being a privilege to something exhausting.
We all have that fear of missing out, the famous FOMO. It's natural every time we let a possible opportunity pass us by, the problem happens when that worry doesn't let you live in peace and makes you buy impulsively because you don't know how to choose.
I like this! Paralyzed by choice no more!
Hello David!
It is impressive how much the world has changed, before the problem was scarcity, now it is the exaggerated abundance of options. These are new problems that we never imagined in the past.