
Why efficiency is dangerous and slowing down makes life better
The urge to do everything faster and better is risky. Far wiser to do what’s good enough for the range of possible futures
by Barry Schwartz
Barry Schwartz is an emeritus professor of psychology at Swarthmore College in Pennsylvania, and a visiting professor at Haas School of Business at the University of California, Berkeley. He is the author of The Paradox of Choice (2004) and Why We Work (2015), among others.