I bought the book a few weeks ago. I couldn’t get through it. The Paradox of Choice by Barry Schwartz is something that I bought because of his presentation of his ideas on Ted.com. I couldn’t get through the book because the presentation on Ted.com was basically what the book was talking about. So I love the ideas, but you don’t have to the book to get it all. Just watch the video on Ted.com.
It’s not much of a book review, but save your money.
[…] With the specialization and the customization available to us, we will continue to be less and less satisfied with our choices – for more on that – check out Barry Schwartz’s book The paradox of choice or check out my quick review of the book here. […]
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