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Re:Is Productivity Growth Becoming Irrelevant? by chiefofgxbxl on Sunday July 23, 2017 @08:33PM (#14835164)
The first bullet point you wrote about the 50 kinds of toothpaste becoming debilitating is a good example of the "Paradox of Choice". A good TED talk is given [0], or a shorter animated one: [1].

Essentially, too many options leads to paralysis and second-guessing yourself. Good videos if you have the time to watch them.

[0] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VO6XEQIsCoM [1] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F4QzhSlqmqg

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Re:Is Productivity Growth Becoming Irrelevant? by watwut on Monday July 24, 2017 @03:27AM (#14836500)
I kind of buy random average costing toothpaste and never suffered for it. Neither mentally nor physically.

Human's are adaptable and most of us adapted to toothpaste choices just fine. The suffering from having to do irrelevant choices is a bit overstated imom

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