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# 2020-01-12 - The World by Matt Haig | |
Path less traveled | |
The world is increasingly designed to depress us. Happiness isn't | |
very good for the economy. If we were happy with what he had, why | |
would we need more? How do you sell anti-ageing moisturiser? You | |
make someone worry about ageing. How do you get people to vote for a | |
political party? You make them worry about immigration. How do you | |
get them to buy insurance? By making them worry about everything. | |
How do you get them to have plastic surgery? By highlighting their | |
physical flaws. How do you get them to watch a TV show? By making | |
them worry about missing out. How do you get them to buy a new | |
smartphone? By making them feel like they are being left behind. | |
To be calm becomes a kind of revolutionary act. To be happy with | |
your own non-upgraded existence. To be comfortable with our messy, | |
human selves, would not be good for business. | |
From: Reasons To Stay Alive by Matt Haig | |
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