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That Song On The Radio: Choice Vs Chance
When we hear an old and forgotten song on the radio (or at the coffee shop), we experience a warm and pleasant surprise. We didn’t expect to hear that favourite song of ours and here it is, already playing and making our day better.
Once we download that same song on Apple Music or Spotify, it is lying there on our playlist, and we can play it anytime. But playing it by choice does not provide the same thrill we got when listening to it by chance. This phenomenon of being happy by a lucky surprise is called serendipity.
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The Paradox Of Choice
Having a long list of products, menu items or choices can actually cause stress and unhappiness.
- With serendipity, we do not choose, but end up with a surprise we like.
- There is no overthinking or stressful decision making involved in a lucky surprise.
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Serendipity: The Ethics
Businesses, consumer companies and marketing executives should try to incorporate serendipity into their marketing strategy, provided it fits their product. People might like free candy surprises, but they may not be ready for free insurance.
Big tech companies like Facebook and Google hav...
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Serendipity: The Limits
Luck by chance only applies if the stumbled upon content is liked by the consumer. If people are provided with garbage content in the name of serendipity, they won’t start to like it.
Apart from the quality of the content, if the person is having a high level of expertise on the product be...
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The Effect Of Serendipity
Sudden, small and pleasant surprises, like listening to our favourite song on the radio, or getting a free sample at the supermarket are moments of serendipity that make us appreciate them more, simply because they are unplanned.
Painstaking curation does not offe...
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The Effect Of Serendipity
Sudden, small and pleasant surprises, like listening to our favourite song on the radio, or getting a free sample at the supermarket are moments of serendipity that make us appreciate them more, simply because they are unplanned.
Painstaking curation does not offe...
The Paradox Of Choice
Having a long list of products, menu items or choices can actually cause stress and unhappiness.
- With serendipity, we do not choose, but end up with a surprise we like.
- There is no overthinking or stressful decision making involved in a lucky surprise.
Love is focused on the other person
- This type of love is displayed when we come across the itinerant drunk - weather-beaten and ranting - and do not turn away but consider them as a version of ourselves, falling prey to the same passions and getting upset by similar losses and worthy of their own share of com...
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