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Susan Orlean

I wish I had coined the phrase 'tyranny of choice,' but someone beat me to it. The counterintuitive truth is that have an abundance of options does not make you feel privileged and indulged too many options make you feel like all of them are wrong, and th

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Susan Orlean is saying that having too many options can actually make people feel stressed and uncertain rather than happy and free. Instead of feeling lucky to have choices, people may feel overwhelmed and think that none of the options are the right one.

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