Barry Schwartz is the Dorwin Cartwright Professor of Social Theory and Social Action at Swarthmore College. He is the author of several books, including Practical Wisdom: The Right Way to Do the Right Thing, with Kenneth Sharpe, and Why We Work. His articles have appeared in many of the leading journals in his field, including American Psychologist.
In the spirit of Alvin Toffler’s Future Shock , a social critique of our obsession with choice, and how it contributes to anxiety, dissatisfaction and regret. This paperback includes a new P.S. section with author interviews, insights, features, suggested readings, and more. Whether we’re buying a pair of jeans, ordering a cup of coffee, selecting a long-distance carrier, applying to college, choosing a doctor, or setting up a 401(k), everyday decisions--both big and small--have become increasingly complex due to the overwhelming abundance of choice with which we are presented.
We assume that more choice means better options and greater satisfaction. But beware of excessive choice: choice overload can make you question the decisions you make before you even make them, it can set you up for unrealistically high expectations, and it can make you blame yourself for any and all failures. In the long run, this can lead to decision-making paralysis, anxiety, and perpetual stress. And, in a culture that tells us that there is no excuse for falling short of perfection when your options are limitless, too much choice can lead to clinical depression.
In The Paradox of Choice , Barry Schwartz explains at what point choice--the hallmark of individual freedom and self-determination that we so cherish--becomes detrimental to our psychological and emotional well-being. In accessible, engaging, and anecdotal prose, Schwartz shows how the dramatic explosion in choice--from the mundane to the profound challenges of balancing career, family, and individual needs--has paradoxically become a problem instead of a solution. Schwartz also shows how our obsession with choice encourages us to seek that which makes us feel worse.
By synthesizing current research in the social sciences, Schwartz makes the counterintuitive case that eliminating choices can greatly reduce the stress, anxiety, and busyness of our lives. He offers eleven practical steps on how to limit choices to a manageable number, have the discipline to focus on the important ones and ignore the rest, and ultimately derive greater satisfaction from the choices you have to make.
虽然依稀记得时间段,却无法说清楚是在我大学的哪门必须或者是选修课程里,我学到了"经济人"和"社会人"的概念,知道了一个人无法独立的存在,必须和周围环境与人群发生直接或者间接的关系.即便具体概念定义早已不再清晰,但这好似模糊,却又具体的文字却一直印刻在...
評分这本书只有188页,但是内容很充实,基本上方方面面都提到了,许多例子都在《别做正常的傻瓜》、《怪诞经济学》中出现过,不过既然标题是《无从选择》,重点就在于选择。 我想起五一的一次经历,为了买一双鞋子,把成都各大商场都逛遍了,前后花了2天时间终于买到了合适的最便...
評分美國人不嫌總統候選人只得兩個太少,卻怕買牛仔褲時款式選項不夠多;此書力陳花多眼亂才是人類不快樂的源頭。在生活的細節上有過多的選擇,不單浪費做決定的氣力,更會在比較之下減低個別選擇的吸引力:只因世事無十全十美,取捨之下得不到的總是令人耿耿於懷,自己親手選擇的...
評分 評分这本书只有188页,但是内容很充实,基本上方方面面都提到了,许多例子都在《别做正常的傻瓜》、《怪诞经济学》中出现过,不过既然标题是《无从选择》,重点就在于选择。 我想起五一的一次经历,为了买一双鞋子,把成都各大商场都逛遍了,前后花了2天时间终于买到了合适的最便...
麻痹,從02/07開始標注在讀 一直到現在。我太沒效率瞭。
评分科普書過期瞭就沒有養分瞭
评分像我這種沒得choose的人怎麼還在讀這種書?
评分We get so worried about making the wrong decision so we make no decisions at all. Good book, points well made, a little repetitive though.
评分像我這種沒得choose的人怎麼還在讀這種書?
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