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Barry Schwartz: The paradox of choice

http://www.ted.com Psychologist Barry Schwartz takes aim at a central tenet of western societies: freedom of choice. In Schwartz's estimation, choice has made us not freer but more paralyzed, not h...  
 
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piernic75 (1 hour ago) Show Hide
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The only excuse for those clothes is if he had no choice! :) otherwise great speech...
InfailedAttempts (1 day ago) Show Hide
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Uhh.. derekchewie11, you blantantly have no idea what you are talking about. AMVslowking has disproved your statement with minimal effort. Props to AMV. =]
derekchewie11 (3 days ago) Show Hide
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this just re-affirmed my anarchism hardcore :D
derekchewie11 (3 days ago) Show Hide
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actually nevermind, this just said how complete freedom is actually slavery : /
AMVslowking (6 days ago) Show Hide
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Morality is relative, so the morality of your parent school or religion is not always going to be what works for you.
derekchewie11 (3 days ago) Show Hide
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morality is universal numbnuts
AMVslowking (3 days ago) Show Hide
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no it's not, one man steals from another to feed his family. The man who is stolen from thinks it was an Amoral act, while the man who stole knows it not to be. I believe it is Amoral to keep gay people from getting married while others would think being gay it self is not moral...morality is relative.
AMVslowking (3 days ago) Show Hide
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If morality were universal there would be no KKK Michael Moore Rush Limbaugh or Osama bin laden
derekchewie11 (2 days ago) Show Hide
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thats because they don't apply morals, they twist the universal morality to suit their bigotry.
AMVslowking (2 days ago) Show Hide
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then how is that not relative? if you can twist and interpret in whatever way suits you, how is that universal, Gravity is universal, no matter what someone thinks they're still stuck on the ground.

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