Monday, March 23, 2020

Here’s another phenomenon that I find interesting. When a song comes on the radio that you own and like and could listen to whenever you want, you are excited to hear it. When cruising the channels it seems people will watch almost anything, but when given a huge variety of choices, nothing is good enough. Maybe it's the sheer number of choices, like a menu with too many options. Give me five choices and I'll be satisfied. Have we really been trained to decide what's best from infinite options? Why are we all convinced that there is a right answer? I guess (at least some) people have a sort of unconscious bias towards simplicity. Or maybe they'd rather relax and be told what to do. I guess there are others that enjoy the search, the opportunity to seek out something different. 

What kind of person are you? Do you seek out new music, movies, books, foods, vacations? Or would you rather go with something you know, and like, or take a recommendation from a friend?

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