FREUD & ERROR

The “paradox of choice” exists because 40 options is not freedom, it’s stress with packaging.

✗ FAKE
The paradox of choice is the idea, popularized by Barry Schwartz in 2004, that having many options can cause stress and dissatisfaction. Later research has found the effect varies, so it is debated.

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