Does having choice make us happy? 6 studies that suggest it doesn’t always | TED Blog
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We have all been there: standing in aisle five of the supermarket trying to decide which jar of mustard to buy. Do we go organic, or for the brand with whole mustard seeds? Or do we simply pick the one in the brightest yellow bottle? In a fascinating talk at TEDxStanford, “Sometimes it’s ...
  • airrowOPMEnglish
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    7 months ago

    So I guess of choices we can have the “best” (maximizer?) or a “good enough” (satisficer?) choice, and then maybe fewer can be better sometimes?

    • stevestevesteve@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      7 months ago

      Or happiness isn’t the be-all end-all metric to measure life by?

      I don’t always want the things that will make me happiest. I still want and/or need them in order to live a fulfilled life

      • airrowOPMEnglish
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        7 months ago

        what alternative metric(s) do you have in mind rather than “happiness”