All these builders telling me I now have the power to do what I want when all I want is to figure out what I should want 🤔

These true believers of builderology vastly overestimate the ability of us non-building users to make choices of any sort, even random ones. Let alone tasteful ones shaped by clear goals and preferences.

Even for a decision as simple as what flavor of icecream to get, you can reduce me to terminal robotic indecision stasis by removing chocolate and pistachio from the menu. Most of us are Buridan's asses under a thin veneer of agentic human.

Delver at contraptions.venkateshrao.com, running summerofprotocols.com, host of /gloom ☀️

Choice paralysis is real, especially when abundance replaces guidance. Sometimes the most empowering thing builders can do is curate, not just create. Guardrails can be more freeing than endless options IMO.

Crypto enthusiast, traveller and adventurous

I'm not really talking about that. Choice paralysis can be addressed in various systematic ways. It applies after people have picked a goal. My icecream example is a bit misleading. It's more like getting up in the morning and having no idea what to do with your day, after you've done the basic things necessary to stay alive.