{"id":1262,"date":"2011-06-11T16:46:43","date_gmt":"2011-06-11T20:46:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/flunkingsainthood\/?p=1262"},"modified":"2011-06-11T16:59:09","modified_gmt":"2011-06-11T20:59:09","slug":"netflix-and-the-burden-of-too-much-choice","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/flunkingsainthood\/2011\/06\/netflix-and-the-burden-of-too-much-choice.html","title":{"rendered":"Netflix and the Burden of Too Much Choice"},"content":{"rendered":"

I’ve got a post up today at Gathering Voices<\/a> on how Netflix is complicating my life. According to psychological research, too much choice can actually paralyze us from making any choices at all. Hmmm. So it would seem . . . .\u00a0\u00a0 –JKR<\/p>\n

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I’ve got a post up today at Gathering Voices on how Netflix is complicating my life. According to psychological research, too much choice can actually paralyze us from making any choices at all. Hmmm. 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