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“This ‘dope’ we call our high standard of living, a violent and complex stimulation of the senses, which makes them progressively less sensitive and thus in need of yet more violent stimulation. We crave distraction- a panorama of sights, sounds, thrills, and titillations into which as much as possible must be crowded in the shortest possible time… These intervals are supposed to be the real living…“