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#789 Kieran Setiya - Life Is Hard: How Philosophy Can Help Us Find Our Way

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The Importance of Realistic Visions in Life

I think in guiding your own life to set as the model a kind of extreme exceptional case It's liable to be on both unrealistic and in a way self-destructive because The obvious thing to do when you set yourself that kind of model is to beat yourself up about the fact that you're not achieving it. So I mean, I guess we have to be a bit Also realistic about it Yes, no, I think that's that's right. This this is the kind of social media experience That leads to anxiety and depression and makes people feel bad about themselves.

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