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I do agree We have an analysis paralysis situation. Some people can't or don't wish to make decisions. Sometimes its all too much, I think it's due to people not knowing who they are. I work in a coffee shop and I am shocked at how many people ask me "which is the best muffin" . "well if you like blueberries they would be the best, but if you have blueberry allergies", why do we ask the opinion of experts? To stop analysis paralysis.

We do have information overload, which causes analysis paralysis( the kid in a candy store syndrome) but does it matter? An aisle full of cereal can be daunting, but come on! It's not worth losing sleep over? What matters is; when insurance companies send you a one thousand page, fine print document, which is your contract; It matters when the government sends investigators truck loads of files to bury them in information, to waste their time and try to hide information in the detris. We are confusing need and want. essentials and aesthetic qualities.

help is on the way!

We already have filters to sort through the mass of junk, but we need many filters, set on different levels. we have experts being experts on the fact that they actually know very little about what they are experts about. On
CBC aneconomist and financial writer talked about the fact that he really didn't know anything for sure and that checking back in history, the proof is most of the time economic forecasts were wrong. Now they are experts at disavowing everything he knew before. seems as though the more information the experts have the less they can predict its outcome.

We do not have as she says "democracy to a fault." We have multiple layers of opinion, Necessary for a plural society to make informed decisions. In the USA there are two parties, they consider this democratic. in Canada we have 5 Major parties, (is this democratic to a fault?) the internet should be about building consensus. Not a fight between two opposing groups, but multiple ideas used to create a a society that not just gives lip service to difference, but actually act on it. this is true democracy.