The Paradox of Choice: Why More Is Less

1. Why do you think Gladwell claims that “We live in the golden age of satire?” Gladwell claims that “We live in the golden age of satire” because we live in a time where satire laces every aspect of society. It's everywhere. It's used in politics, the entertainment industry, and even between friends where it's masked as light-hearted humor. Modern society allows for satire to be popular because it allows us as a society to talk about serious topics in a way that's less awkward and easier to…

Statutory rape is a crime! Not everyone understands how deep the subject is, and what makes it so wrong? Why is it punishable by law? These crimes are considered especially heinous, in the court systems and we can fix it by lowering the laws so it’s just rape. These are the facts! What is Statutory Rape? How would you define it? It is sexual intercourse with a minor. Even though someone could be 17 and their sexual partner is 18 and gave consent to have sex together. The parents could say it was…

a policy is accepted and is now being voted on by both parties of Congress and the president. Policy legitimation can be simple and complex. When all have supported and approve a policy proposal it can be simple but complex when legitimation needs more than a majority vote or a legal approval by a higher authority. A policy could force many hurdles if it doesn 't have a legitimation. An example of that is the nuclear waste Policy Act of 1982 that was a fail policy because it was misjudged. Once…

Many behavioral level theories, more specifically rational choice theory is unsuccessful in explaining voter turnout. Indeed, “the instrument voter axiom predicts large-scale abstention because no individual is likely to have an influence on the election outcome” (Downs, 1957). However, international election results demonstrate that a large number of people do turn out to cast their vote, although they are not obliged to do so (Geys, 2006). This constitutes the paradox of voting. While many…

Chapter five of Stiglitz book expands more into why the 99 percent have so little political influence versus the one percent. Politics as shown in past chapters, as well as in coming chapters, has been the largest influence on the growing divided among the top and bottom percentages. He talks about how politics is a battleground of which the one percent is winning. In order to know why this is so, the author talks about factors of “shaping individuals’ perceptions—so that the ninety-nine…

several principles that help explain why humans sometimes irrationally do certain things that they wouldn’t normally do. Three of this several principles include the paradox of choice (which proves that when giving a lot of choice for any particular item, satisfaction decreases and sales decreases), scarcity (which proves that items that are not readily available are deemed more valuable and wanted more), and fun theory (which proves that making an activity more fun increases participation).…

Actually, men are also precise victims in that kind of society, and they even hurt more by the sick principle. As a male grows, he has already been told, “crying is for girls” or “stop acting like a girl”. This kind of dogmatic education easily causes men fail to express what they think. Thus, Mr. Samsa is definitely the victim of the…

interpretation is an explanation of a certain phenomenon. Psychologist Leslie Bell, uses this sort of interpretation to understand why women feel like they have less sexual freedom when society seemingly gives them more in her work Hard to Get: Twenty-Something Women and the Paradox of Sexual Freedom. Similarly, another psychologist Martha Stout, attempts to interpret why her patients disassociate…

An arranged marriage is a marriage that is set up before the lengthy relationship compared to a love marriage where marriage is the last step in solidifying a relationship. The more common type of arranged marriage, a traditional marriage is not-forced upon. This is when the parents choose their son/daughter’s future spouse, taking only a minimal of the soon to be newly-weds’ opinions into consideration (Traditional). Also, the refusal from a son or daughter regarding their soon to be spouse is…

Eagleton in his book Shakespeare and Society: Critical Students in Shakespearean Drama emphasizes a balance, a fusion of two views, personal spontaneity and social responsibility. This discussion comes down to what people consider when they make choices, the near term and their needs and wants or what is best for or required by society, respectively, the later is generally pro-institution. Although there are two sides of the discussion, Eagleton focuses on the views of the proponents for…