Barry Schwartz: The paradox of choice
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@infrahate In that case, the bare minimum would do for just about everything!
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@chattyw87 But not better than minus 99%?
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@saubhagyinisingh I think you've missed the point or werent paying attention. Basicly he was expecting something much closer to perfection so by only getting 7% he felt depressed knowing (thinking) he could've got closer to perfection but didn't. So event tho the jeans feels better than 1% the bad feeling that runs thru his mind of having made such a terrible choice is like -70% on overall feeling. So his saying 1% is better than minus 64%.
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@saubhagyinisingh Continuing on the jeans metaphor he's trying to say that psychologicly you don't need 100 diffrent pairs of jeans, 5 will doo
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Hes basically saying that the world works differently than it used to. But if that's all you got out of a 20 minute lecture I guess you're happy.
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What the hell? So, you'd rather buy a crappy pair of jeans which don't bring you 1% closer to perfection than invest half an hour trying on 5 types of jeans to fit your fat ass really well thus, bringing you 7% closer to perfection? Is that your definition of happiness? Having no expectation and being content in an inert existence.
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"nobody in the marketing knows this"
Apple does.
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@SaveTheWheat You think wrong. Inspiration doesn't 'hit', it's not something you just pull out of your ass at a random given time. I don't even know where you got that from. Ask any artist. You get things done when you sit your ass down and just try to get it done. To get inspired you need something to build on. Furthermore, I don't see that anything you said counters my opinion. You just vaguely grazed the subject.
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*music plays*..."Lowered Expectaaaaay-shunzzzz"
Fuck Barry Schwartz's anti-humanitarian, anti-innovation talks.
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What happened to you as a kid happened at a time when you had already been "blocked". It is normal for a kid to sit down and create whatever. It is not normal to have a bunch of kids in a classroom, sit them there, and say "create something" when the inspiration just hasn't hit. And has been, for the most part, brainwashed out.
I just don't think the argument works.
hes basically saying that ignorance is bliss..
callmeeemc 2 weeks ago 10
@Rottensteam he said it himself- "The key to happiness is to have low expectations" If wearing clothes for the function instead of the fashion makes him happy, why should you care what he is wearing?
FifthDread 1 month ago 4