The Tyranny Of Choice Analysis

“The Tyranny of Choice” is written by Barry Schwartz. The author argued that having too many choices will only cause negative effect and decrease in well-being. He compared modern universities with shopping mall because they both have many choices for the “customers”. He said these variety of choices appeared because Americans like to have more choice to exercise their freedom of choice. However, from the evidence he provided, it shows that people are experiencing decrease of well-being when they have more choice. He then uses the examples in his book “The Paradox of Choice: Why More Is Less” to show the kinds of trouble people face when there are too many choices, and the negative effect after people made decision. Many universities, like …show more content…
The most convincing of it is that I had the same experience when I choose my classes because of the variety of choices. The least convincing is that choosing what to buy in a shopping mall has less responsibility than choosing the classes that can affect students for their whole life. We should decrease curriculum choice of classes that does not stress out students, but they still have the opportunity to choose.Many parts of Schwartz’s essay support eliminating the opportunity to choose college classes, including other stress besides choosing classes, examples of social ties that decrease freedom of choice, and the negative effects when people struggle to make decision. Schwartz would not endorse the recommendation because even though it will decrease stress from choosing classes, the limit is too strict for all undergraduate students taking the same courses. Increased choice can truly meet the requirement of each student’s schedule, major, and their interest. They should prepare their future by learning how to plan classes and make important choices. By keeping the university as a shopping mall, students can learn to be responsible of their decision and help them overcome the