Re: Do we want more choice? (was Bookmark the end of file?)

[tomas]

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On Sun, Apr 12, 2015 at 10:35:21PM -0700, Drew Adams wrote:

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> "A general realization." "Nowadays." Ooooh. Can't argue with that.
> 
> Consideration of one particular choice has now been successfully
> diverted toward vacuous generalizations about choice in general -  
> platitudes of Polonius.  Too bad.

I must say that I agree strongly with this point of view.

More choice is *always* better. The hard part is presenting this
choice to the user in a way it doesn't overwhelm her/him.

I have the strong suspicion that the "less choice is good" movement
we are seeing stems from being too lazy (or at a loss) wrt thinking
hard about how to guide the user through a rich set of choices. The
latter would be, in my view, the right thing to do.

- -- t
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