Option overload? There's an app for that
To capture the depth of my incompetence as a decision-maker, it is perhaps best to revisit the September evening that came to be known around our house as “Steve’s Netflix Nightmare.”
My wife, Erin, had taken our three young kids to visit her folks while I worked overtime to hit a major deadline. After two long days at the keyboard, I was finally done. I had an empty house and a rare opportunity to watch any movie I wanted.
I opened Netflix and began scrolling through my possibilities. Because of the kids, we rarely go out to the movies, so there were immediately a dozen options that looked…




