SOCI 2275 Chapter Notes - Chapter 3: Information Age
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Extra choices make the quality go up but make you feel worse because the expectations. Go to the doctor and doctor tells you what you can do instead of what the doctor wants. If we want to maximize welfare need to maximize individual freedom. With freedom, we can act on our own to maximize freedom. More choice people have more freedom, more freedom more welfare. Shifts burden and responsibility from someone who knows to someone who doesn"t. With so many options people find it difficult to choose at all. Some choice better than none but more choice isnt better than some. A fishbowl is better than no fishbowl, but a bigger fishbowl isnt better. Digital minimalism is a philosophy that helps you question what digital communication tools add the most value to your life. Many of the best uses of the online world support better living offline.
