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“Unlike captive animals, people’s perceptions of control or helplessness aren’t entirely dictated by outside forces. We have the ability to create choice by altering our interpretations of the world.”
― The Art of Choosing
― The Art of Choosing
“Becoming an expert in every domain of choice is impossible, but we can become experts in the process of choosing, learning how to use the expertise of others to improve our choices and our knowledge of choice.”
― The Art of Choosing
― The Art of Choosing
“Instead of pursuing choice for choices’ sake we should focus on building a better choosing experience for ourselves, one that allows us to reap the benefits of choice and avoid the pitfalls.”
― The Art of Choosing
― The Art of Choosing
“Nobody wants to agonise over every little decision, and nobody should have to, but if choice is about freedom and exercising control, are we betraying ourselves by pretending that we make meaningful choices as consumers?”
― The Art of Choosing
― The Art of Choosing
“To choose is to invent. What I mean by this is that choosing is a creative process, one through which we construct our environment, our lives, our selves. If we ask for more and more material for the construction, more and more choice, we’re likely to end up with a lot of combinations that don’t do much for us or are far more complex than they need to be.”
― The Art of Choosing
― The Art of Choosing
Mariya’s 2025 Year in Books
Take a look at Mariya’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
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1,440 friends
1,164 books
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4,990 friends
807 books
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149 friends
460 books
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270 friends
116 books
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417 friends
1,924 books
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89 friends
1,352 books
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400 friends
195 books
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62 friends
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