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Excessive choice often leads to the burial of clear distinctions beneath a pile of insignificant variables.
The supposedly egalitarian idea that all journalism is equal discounts the relative importance of journalists who vet and verify their sources, and editors and publishers who strive for higher levels of excellence. The same is true of fiction and poetry.
If the absolutist's truth -- that everything is subjective -- becomes the only practical one, then the outcome is to bury our choices beneath infinitudes of mediocrity. The brightest among us will find their way to the best work but many of the rest will flounder when they could have received guidance and inspiration. "Just as good as George Eliot" is frequently not nearly as good, just as Aristotle's theory of gravity is far less useful than Newton's. No need to pretend the two are equal when they aren't.
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