Comments by "\/" (@joebazooks) on "Барри Шварц: Парадокс выбора" video.

  1. But giving your child stuff and allowing them freedom are two totally different things. Freedom does not lead to a sense of entitlement, nor to acting like a hellion as you put it. True, they could learn certain behaviors from, say, classmates at school. Still, if their parents set good examples, typically, the ideal-ness of the parents behavior would override the ideal-ness of the classmates behavior, subconsciously if not consciously. Anyhow, my whole point is that ---continued
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  2. It is pretty much common sense that most school yard bullies get bullied at home...
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  3. Anything can be limiting, just as anything can be otherwise, but, generally, freedom is not limited and indeed the polar opposite. Would you like to explain why, or how, you think too much freedom can be limiting?
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  4. "If someone allowed you to do acid all the time rather than only twice, you're whole brain would be completely fried." First of all, that is propaganda. I know people who have done hundreds of hits of acid and they are perfectly sane, more sane than our politicians, even though that is not saying much.
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  5. That's fine, but I think logic is off :)
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  6. In other words, too much freedom is, generally, not limiting.
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  7. It sounds like you want somebody other than yourself to guide or direct your life for you. Now, of course, rules (or guidelines) are not a bad thing, except when they are treated as absolutes. Would you not rather freely self-appoint rules or guidelines for yourself, especially considering you are the only one who knows what is best for you...?
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  8. Not necessarily, a longer essay with no limit on how many words may turn out to be verbose, or less refined, but I believe the character of the person writing the essay will stand out a lot more if there were no limits. Additionally, "2,000" words may be too short to express detail and analysis accurately and/or effectively. No limits are better than limits in every way.
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  9. Disorder would not ensue from too much freedom; haven't you heard of spontaneous order? Also, children emulate their parents. They'd only act like a hellion if you acted like a hellion.
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  10. --- freedom, even too much freedom, is not a bad thing!
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  11. First of all, giving your child whatever they ask for is light years away from allowing your child a little freedom. Now, of course, if you were to spoil a child, they would grow up to be a brat. But, again, being spoiled and being free are two totally different things. Second, I never said you should give your child the freedom to go around beating up other children, and this was not implied either. However, they learned those actions from somebody, probably their abusive alcoholic parents.
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