Some people believe that nowadays we have too many choices. To what extent do you agree or disagree with this statement?

It is often said that modern life presents us with an overwhelming

number

of choices. I completely agree with

this

, and I believe that the Internet and globalisation are the two major factors involved. It is undeniable that the Internet has led to a dramatic expansion in the

number

of choices that are available to us. The

number

of online media options,

for instance

, is now almost endless. There are countless websites offering entertainment, news, videos, on-demand TV and music streaming, many of which are free. I would argue that

this

abundance of media leads to confusion on the part of the average user, as we have to make so many decisions about the content that we consume. A personal example of

this

trend would be the fact that I had a choice of just four TV channels when I was a child, whereas I now have access to thousands of films and series through services like Netflix. Alongside the influence of the Internet, globalisation is making the world smaller and compounding

this

problem of too much choice. Cheap international flights have made overseas travel possible for millions of people, but

this

also

means that we are faced with a world of options when deciding where to go on holiday or even where to live. We no longer have the limited but simple travel choices of our grandparents’ generation. The same is true if we look at the increasing tendency for young people to study abroad. While the opportunity for overseas study seems appealing, many students are confused about where to go and which path to take. In conclusion, we are faced with a huge

number

of options in most areas of life nowadays, and

this

is often more bewildering than beneficial.