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Do people enjoy things less when they have too many choices?

Every extra option creates another life to compare against.

Sometimes. More choices can increase freedom, but they can also reduce satisfaction by creating doubt.

Choice feels empowering.

Until it becomes exhausting.

The hidden mechanism is comparison overload.

Humans imagine the alternatives they did not choose.

The more options exist, the harder satisfaction becomes.

People think freedom guarantees happiness.

Very often, happiness needs limits as much as possibilities.

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