Modern life bombards individuals with unprecedented novel experiences and endless choices. While choice is necessary for freedom, an excess of novelty creates cognitive and emotional overload.
By
Ndiritu Muriithi
Columnist
Ecocapp Capital
Is the future a set of unexpected events or can it be managed, planned or somehow influenced by our actions today? To paraphrase a diplomat who was not very diplomatic in his assessment of our 2017 general elections, do choices have consequences?
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