Some people believe that nowadays we
have too many choices. To what extent do you agree or disagree?Give reasons for
your answer and include any relevant examples from your own experience or
knowledge. Write at least 250 words.
It
is common nowadays to hear people decrying the number of choices people have
relative to the past and proclaiming the drawbacks of so many easily-available
options in a variety of areas of life. While I think that there is some truth
in this, increased choice is ultimately a positive trend because it opens up
options outside the mainstream.
The
main reason why increased choice is considered a negative development is it
makes life more complicated. Take for example the number of products people can
choose from today. Supermarkets are filled with different brands with hardly
any meaningful differences. This can cause people to waste time and energy
making choices with little actual impact. This is also the case when it comes
to online streaming services like Netflix, Hulu and HBO. Not only do people
have to spend time researching these sites but once they make a choice they are
limiting what they will be able to watch in the future. If they decide to
subscribe to all of them, suddenly they will be paying upwards of $40 a month
for basic viewing content. These are a couple of ways in which choice can take
up time and make life more complex.
Although
choice introduces a level of complexity to life, the main benefit is that it
opens up options for people outside dominant cultural trends. The best example
of this is the changes that have taken place in the music industry over the
last 20 years with the advent of iTunes and streaming services. In the past,
the big pop acts dominated the radio and album sales. Now the music scene is
much more fractured. This makes it more difficult for some artists but also
opens up the possibility that you can find a niche of music that you and some
other people love. This has been replicated in other areas like podcasting,
painting, and film as well. People can find what interests them outside of what
major companies are trying to push. That is why increased choice is positive
taken as a whole.
In
conclusion, the drawbacks of increased choice do not outweigh the advantages
gained by allowing people to explore what interests them the most. In the
future, this will continue and present challenges but also allow for a more
diverse cultural experience for rich and poor alike, all over the world.
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