A Fair Perspective On Increasing Diversity of Choice?

Negative effects of change impinge on our consciousness and we are all prone to seeing this change as those negative effects, and the prior situation in a positive light -- as their absence. We do not compare the positives and negatives of the change against those of the prior situation. Virginia Postrel points out some thinking that's fallen into this trap with respect to the increasing diversity of choice in modern life. (via A&L Daily)