Tag: choices

  • A truckload

    A truckload

    Whew. Wow. We just did a massive declutter. This is a box of fabric, yarn, knitting needles, and books. It was joined by four more boxes of a similar size and contents, plus a treadle sewing machine, office supplies, scrapbooking paper, costume jewelry, huge embroidery hoop, and a dry mount press! So much stuff that…

  • Maximouser to the Rescue!

    Maximouser to the Rescue!

    In The Paradox of Choice: Why More Is Less, Barry Schwartz discusses the overwhelming number of options available in the modern world, and how people react to it. Schwartz talks about psychologist Herbert A. Simon’s ideas about maximizers and satisficers. From the wikipedia article “The Paradox of Choice: Why More Is Less”, “A maximizer is…