Episode 9- Pathway Paradox

In this episode of The EBD Show, Steve reads Chapter 7: The Pathway Paradox from The Enough Bucket.

The Pathway Paradox is what happens when our obsession with personalisation and “choose-your-own-adventure” learning runs wild. We spend months building multiple pathways, alternate routes, and branching logic — only to discover that most learners click whatever’s fastest to get to the end.

This chapter digs into the irony of over-designing choice: when our good intentions to empower learners actually create confusion, fatigue, and decision paralysis. Steve breaks down how Enough Bucket Dysmorphia fuels the need to build for every learner, every style, every situation — and why that ends up helping no one.

Expect humour, honesty, and a few gut-punch reminders about when more choice becomes less learning.

Join the conversation after the show on LinkedIn using #EBD — and share how you’ve battled the Pathway Paradox in your own designs.