Back in the 90s, there were about 7,000 items in your average grocery store. That’s already a lot of stuff to choose from, but today, that number is as high as 50,000. That’s 50,000 choices, 50,000 yes or nos — from one trip to the grocery store. Given there are many more important things than doing our daily shopping, and almost each of them comes with a similarly outsize wealth of options, who wouldn’t feel stressed?

<p>Back in the 90s, there were about 7,000 items in your average grocery store. That&rsquo;s already a lot of stuff to choose from, but <a href="https://www.fastcompany.com/90366816/why-having-too-many-choices-is-a-bad-thing%20">today</a>, that number is as high as 50,000. That&rsquo;s 50,000 choices, 50,000 yes or nos &mdash; from one trip to the grocery store. Given there are many more important things than doing our daily shopping, and almost each of them comes with a similarly outsize wealth of options, who wouldn&rsquo;t feel stressed?</p>

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