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Unlimited choice is paralyzing. The Internet has made this form of paralysis due to option overload a standard feature of comfortable modern life.

Susan Orlean

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Susan Orlean
Age: 69
Born: 1955
Born: October 31
Journalist
Writer
Cleveland
Ohio
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Made
Features
Paralyzing
Life
Standards
Overload
Choice
Paralysis
Internet
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Comfortable
Option
Modern
Unlimited
Choices
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