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as one strays from the stylized constraints of academic prose, it is easy to become careless or overly enthusiastic about such a topic.
“From the earliest years we have been conditioned to believe that a benign fate would provide for us. After all, everybody seemed to agree that we had the great fortune of living in the richest country that ever was, in the most scientifically advanced period of human history, surrounded by the most efficient technology, protected by the wisest Constitution. Therefore, it made sense to expect that we would have a richer, more meaningful life than any earlier members of the human race. If our grandparents, living in that ridiculously primitive past, could be content, just imagine how happy we would be! Scientists told us this was so, it was preached from the pulpits of churches, and it was confirmed by thousands of TV commercials celebrating the good life. Yet despite all these assurances, sooner or later we wake up alone, sensing that there is no way this affluent, scientific, and sophisticated world is going to provide us with happiness.”
― Flow: The Psychology of Optimal Experience
― Flow: The Psychology of Optimal Experience
“I’d checked what the average yearly income would be if the gross world product were divided evenly among everyone, and according to Wikipedia it would be $16,100. I saw no reason, political or financial, ever to make more money than that.”
― Conversations with Friends
― Conversations with Friends
“Melissa asked us if we were religious and we said no. She said she found religious occasions, like funerals or weddings, “comforting in a kind of sedative way.” They’re communal, she said. There’s something nice about that for the neurotic individualist. And I went to a convent school so I still know most of the prayers.”
― Conversations with Friends
― Conversations with Friends
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