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See also (where I got the more descriptive phrase in the title): http://www.ted.com/index.php/talks/view/id/93 http://www.ted.com/index.php/talks/view/id/93 htt
by robg 19y ago
See also (where I got the more descriptive phrase in the title):
http://www.ted.com/index.php/talks/view/id/93 http://www.ted.com/index.php/talks/view/id/93
http://www.amazon.com/Paradox-Choice-Why-More-Less/dp/0060005688 http://www.amazon.com/Paradox-Choice-Why-More-Less/dp/006000...
To me, it also ties in with embodiment theory (http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=123243 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=123243). We think we'd rather have the buffet, especially on first sight and with an empty stomach. But after gorging ourselves we realize we would have much rather had one really good dish than twenty mediocre ones.
- jkush 19y agoI agree with you. What I'm more interested in however, is who really gets to say what dishes are on the buffet? The cooks? The consumers? My gut tells me the consumers have a lot less choice than it appears.
- robg 19y agoIf it's your restaurant, you do! Now, if you want to stay in business better to offer a few dishes (not a buffet) that people would kill to eat delivered by cooks who love great, simple food. (And yes, we can run with this line of thought all day. Mmmmmmm, embodiment.)
- lg 19y agoAh, the Jobsian theory of restaurants.