“[W]e now face a demand to make choices that is unparalleled in human history.”
Barry Schwartz book The Paradox of Choice: Why More Is Less
The Paradox of Choice (2004)
“Humans sometimes make surprising choices, and human history is full of uncertainties.”
Source: Understanding International Conflicts: An Introduction to Theory and History (6th ed., 2006), Chapter 2, Origins of the Great Twentieth Century Conflicts, p. 51.
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