An excerpt from
Consumer Vertigo, by Virginia Postrel
“Liberty and responsibility really do go together; it’s not just a platitude. The
more freedom we have to control our lives, the more responsibility we have for how they turn out. In a world of constraints, learning to be happy with what you’re
given is a virtue. In a world of choices, virtue comes from learning to make
commitments without regrets. And commitment, in turn, requires self-confidence
and self-knowledge.
Scwartz (Author of: Paradox of Choice) says We are free to be the authors of
our lives, but we don’t know exactly what kind of lives we want to write.
But, maturity lies in deciding just that…”
Interesting video by Barry Scwartz at Google about paradox of choice: [The Link]
