Renata Salecl at TEDGlobal 2013
Our unhealthy obsession with choice (transcript)
Summary
Unhealthy things are harmful things, of course, it's not better for our bodies and environment.
Our choices are, now, not rational choices but just we want to think that we made the right choice.
Our choices are influenced by our unconscious and communities and made by guessing what other people think about our choices and by looking at what they are choosing. 1)
When we choose something, we only imagine that we become more successful and free personally. 2)
However, we are turning a blind eye in front of big information.
We don't realize that there is ignorance and denial are on the rise, our market is haphazard, and changing is more rapid than we think. 3)
We should go beyond thinking about individual choice.
People are obsessed with the unhealthy situation.
When people will just wake up again and everything will be the same as before, no political or social changes are needed, nothing needs to be done just now, and others need to act before us.
There is no better choice when people are in there.
Words in this story
inadequacy /noun/ defect, deficiency
brief /noun/ short, flying, fleeting
capitalism /noun/ free enterprise, private enterprise, the free market
critiques /noun/ analysis, evaluation, assessment, appraisal
randomness /noun/ haphazardness
pacify /verb/ soothe, calm
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