Comments on: The Paradox of Choice http://blog.educastur.es/mariav/2008/04/18/the-paradox-of-choice/ A place to learn and share opinions about books, films and practice English Sun, 27 May 2012 08:00:02 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.1 By: Verónica Díaz Suárez (5º H) http://blog.educastur.es/mariav/2008/04/18/the-paradox-of-choice/#comment-3603 Verónica Díaz Suárez (5º H) Wed, 14 May 2008 01:17:05 +0000 http://blog.educastur.es/mariav/2008/04/18/the-paradox-of-choice/#comment-3603 After watching this video, I have my mind divided into two points of view. The first one is the fact that the freedom and the possibility of choosing have been positive for developing our countries and our mankind. If you have the opportunity of choosing between several options is better than someone imposes you what you have to choose because there is only one possibility. However, having lots of choices can be difficult. You have to think carefully about the positive and negative consequences of your choice. For example, when I bought my last mobile phone, it took me ages to compare all the useful functions that they had and if I was going to use them quite often, and sometimes this sort of silly decisions can make you feel quite stressed. I find quite hard taking decisions related with my health or with my future, I spend a lot of nights without sleeping. I think that they are decisions that are going to affect me in a long period of time, so they need too much time to decide, but it doesn’t mean that I don’t like to have a range of choices. Having the right of choosing is very important. Life is quite complex, is not only A or B, there are more possibilities. After watching this video, I have my mind divided into two points of view. The first one is the fact that the freedom and the possibility of choosing have been positive for developing our countries and our mankind. If you have the opportunity of choosing between several options is better than someone imposes you what you have to choose because there is only one possibility.

However, having lots of choices can be difficult. You have to think carefully about the positive and negative consequences of your choice. For example, when I bought my last mobile phone, it took me ages to compare all the useful functions that they had and if I was going to use them quite often, and sometimes this sort of silly decisions can make you feel quite stressed. I find quite hard taking decisions related with my health or with my future, I spend a lot of nights without sleeping. I think that they are decisions that are going to affect me in a long period of time, so they need too much time to decide, but it doesn’t mean that I don’t like to have a range of choices.

Having the right of choosing is very important. Life is quite complex, is not only A or B, there are more possibilities.

]]> By: Manuel Menendez http://blog.educastur.es/mariav/2008/04/18/the-paradox-of-choice/#comment-3596 Manuel Menendez Tue, 13 May 2008 18:01:56 +0000 http://blog.educastur.es/mariav/2008/04/18/the-paradox-of-choice/#comment-3596 Good topic! To be perfectly honest I do not agree with Barry Schward. Thank goodness, now we have multiple choices in many different moments. This leads to a diversity of ways we can take in our lifes and this has to be good by itself; this is freedom. I´m glad to say that what really block people is fear and responsibility. People don´t want to be in need to choose. People'd like to have the choice taken by someone else so the responsibility is transferred. Once people learn to defeat fear to take decisions, multiple choices are good. Good topic! To be perfectly honest I do not agree with Barry Schward. Thank goodness, now we have multiple choices in many different moments. This leads to a diversity of ways we can take in our lifes and this has to be good by itself; this is freedom.
I´m glad to say that what really block people is fear and responsibility. People don´t want to be in need to choose. People’d like to have the choice taken by someone else so the responsibility is transferred.
Once people learn to defeat fear to take decisions, multiple choices are good.

]]> By: Àgueda Fernàndez Quintana http://blog.educastur.es/mariav/2008/04/18/the-paradox-of-choice/#comment-3507 Àgueda Fernàndez Quintana Sat, 10 May 2008 20:54:47 +0000 http://blog.educastur.es/mariav/2008/04/18/the-paradox-of-choice/#comment-3507 Freedom is a deep issue and I find this man very smart as he talks awesomely! Choices are hard for me because I'm quite indecisive.Small choices like clothes and general shopping can be difficult sometimes but big choices drive me mad. I do believe the fear of making mistakes is the main think that scares us when we need to choose. Freedom is a deep issue and I find this man very smart as he talks awesomely!

Choices are hard for me because I’m quite indecisive.Small choices like clothes and general shopping can be difficult sometimes but big choices drive me mad.

I do believe the fear of making mistakes is the main think that scares us when we need to choose.

]]> By: Sara Gutiérrez Alonso, 5ºH http://blog.educastur.es/mariav/2008/04/18/the-paradox-of-choice/#comment-3503 Sara Gutiérrez Alonso, 5ºH Sat, 10 May 2008 12:16:51 +0000 http://blog.educastur.es/mariav/2008/04/18/the-paradox-of-choice/#comment-3503 Choices, choices, choices...I really hate them!! There are thousands of things in which you have to make one: clothes, films at the cinema, where to go on a Saturday evening....I can't stand them! I’m so indecisive… Choices, choices, choices…I really hate them!! There are thousands of things in which you have to make one: clothes, films at the cinema, where to go on a Saturday evening….I can’t stand them! I’m so indecisive…

]]> By: MARIA COTELO http://blog.educastur.es/mariav/2008/04/18/the-paradox-of-choice/#comment-3445 MARIA COTELO Mon, 05 May 2008 20:10:49 +0000 http://blog.educastur.es/mariav/2008/04/18/the-paradox-of-choice/#comment-3445 I absolutely agree with this matter. The more choices we have, the less free we are. There are loads fo posibilities in our life, but at the same time this no limit feeling actually does not provide us welfare. In fact, in many cases this the reason why women and men suffer from depression. In most of the cases this kind of patients do not know why they feel down. Aparently they do not have problems, because maybe the problem is completly the opposite: the lack of dificulties in life. I absolutely agree with this matter. The more choices we have, the less free we are. There are loads fo posibilities in our life, but at the same time this no limit feeling actually does not provide us welfare. In fact, in many cases this the reason why women and men suffer from depression. In most of the cases this kind of patients do not know why they feel down. Aparently they do not have problems, because maybe the problem is completly the opposite: the lack of dificulties in life.

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