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This book is intriguingly fucked up

“A meaningful life can be extremely satisfying even in the midst of hardship, whereas a meaningless life is a terrible ordeal no matter how comfortable it is.”

“Most Christians did not imitate Christ, most Buddhists failed to follow Buddha, and most Confucians would have cause Confucius a temper tantrum. In contrast, most people today successfully live you to the capitalist-consumerist ideal…This is the first religion in history whose followers actually do what they are asked to do.”