Keyword: choice

The Paradox of Choice with Barry Schwartz April 7, 2010

Host: Armand DiMeleGuests: Barry Schwartz, Sherri Siegel

More options should mean more happiness, but psychologist Barry Schwartz argues the opposite: abundant choice produces paralysis, regret, and rising expectations that guarantee disappointment. Armand DiMele and Dr. Sherry Siegel, M.D. discuss how committing to a path, rather than endlessly searching for a better one, may be the actual route to fulfillment.

Free Will Versus Determinism January 10, 2007

Host: Armand DiMeleGuests: Roberta Maria Atin

Do we truly choose our lives, or are we shaped by genes, culture, and forces beyond our awareness? Armand DiMele and co-host Roberta Maria Atti work through fatalism, determinism, and the neuroscience of repeated self-defeating patterns, arguing that understanding these forces can loosen their grip on us.