Americans have never had more choices. And it's making us miserable.

Complete freedom means life in suspended animation

Alone
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Read the Modern Love essay, "No labels, no drama, right?" (The New York Times)

For more on the theory of the so-called "ideal of freedom," check out Matthew Crawford's book, The World Beyond Your Head

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Damon Linker is a senior correspondent at TheWeek.com. He is also a former contributing editor at The New Republic and the author of The Theocons and The Religious Test.