[americans] Think That Choice, As

Being A Sikh Meant Having To Do What Mom And Dad Said, And Going To Temple, And Mom And Dad Choosing Who I Would Marry. But Going To An American School Taught Me That I Was The One Who's Supposed To Make Those Choices.

Also If They Choose From More Options Than Fewer Options They're Less Satisfied With What They Choose And That Is True Whether They're Choosing Chocolates Or Which Job Offer To Accept.

When Japanese Went To Hawaii They Would Go Straight And Buy The Same Thing That They Would Buy In Japan. They Just Got It Cheaper, Which They Liked. And So They Would Still Eat The Red Bean Ice Cream Or The Green Tea Ice Cream, But They Didn't Really Take Advantage Of The Variety And It Wasn't Clear That They Cared.

The Phantasmagoria, The Actual Experience That We Try To Understand And Organize Through Narrative, Varies From Place To Place. No Single Narrative Serves The Needs Of Everyone Everywhere.

What Leads Us Astray Is Confusing More Choices With More Control. Because It Is Not Clear That The More Choices You Have The More In Control You Feel. We Have More Choices Than We've Ever Had Before.