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paradoxes of modern life (i.redd.it)

submitted 9 months ago by ooli to c/getbetter

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[–] thirteene 2 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Each of these "paradoxes" appear to be built on psych/philosophical concepts. I think the only misstep was naming the infographic.

“Paradox of Abundance” comes from a parenting technique that abuses illusion of choice. It's not really a paradox but a skill for dealing with difficult people. https://lovevery.com/community/blog/child-development/why-fewer-choices-help-your-child-establish-independence/
“Paradox of Creativity” comes from intellectual property law and explores how much of an idea is considered original when it's built on all of human history. How responsible for a song can you be when you are using established notes, rhythm, timing, all music theory, instrument production, the skills of performers. Everything including language and writing. This is a cursed problem stemming from capitalism, not a paradox.
“Paradox of Consensus” explores herd mentally and due diligence. It also originated from an era where laws and government were more political and meant to protect against bias. Again not a paradox, and the weakest example

[–] pennomi 1 points 9 months ago

The effects and techniques you mentioned are certainly grounded in reality and I love studying all of them! However the conclusions made in the infographic are quite a reach. For example, “information abundance” would be a bad generalization of “choice overload”.

Better to just study these real principles instead of whatever this guy cooked up.