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Sacred Live: Oliver Burkeman on living a meaningful life in the present moment

The Sacred

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The Antidote and 4,000 Weeks

Oliver Burke: I've read the antidote and 4,000 weeks kind of back to back. The word that comes up again and again is surrender. Surrender to our limits, surrender to the fact we are not and never shall be in control of our lives. And it left me with this, where has this other story come from? You know, I'd love you to just speak a little bit to that. He says there's an evolutionary psychology always waiting in the wings to step in and say "this is the explanation for everything"

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