Book Rec of the Day 2/15/2007

FOR ARGUMENT’S SAKE

The cliché is true: More is less. Turns out our happiness is at risk when we have too many options available to us. Social scientist Schwartz illuminates why having to choose between, say, relaxedfit and easy-fit jeans creates stress and unhappiness where there should be control and liberation. “Wonderfully readable,” says The Washington Post. “Simplify, simplify,” says Thoreau.

THE PARADOX OF CHOICE: WHY MORE IS LESS, by Barry Schwartz (Ecco Press, 2005)