It’s sort of common sense to think that more choice is always a good thing but more and more people are beginning to question this assumption. I don’t have any of these references handy but a couple examples are Atul Gawande, in his book Complications, talks about how giving patients more choice has some important drawbacks, Barry Schwartz on the paradox of choice, and when people think about choices they are less likely to support policy that helps others.

Here’s another video to add to the debate about choice–and it’s and RSA video (via Brain Pickings):