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The paradox of American freedom

The Gray Area with Sean Illing

CHAPTER

Living for Someone Else Is a Deep Form of Freedom

"For a long time, freedom to me meant owing nothing to no one. But that this doesn't seem right any more," he says. "When you're thinking about other people, you're freed from the sort of tyranny of self concern,. And so, you know, when you live for some one else, you don't have to worry about yourself." The book is published by Simon & Schuster at £16.99.

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