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#340 - Mark Manson - 11 Uncomfortable Truths About Life

Modern Wisdom

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Is There a Counter Narrative to Maritalism?

I wonder whether as well, part of it is just that we we constantly are looking for something that's going to fill the hole. And perhaps by setting our standards so absurdly, we never actually have to enter the world of a relationship with people. How much do you think this is because we live in an meritocracy? Like, if you teach people that they can become anything that they want to be, your success is completely yours to bear. Why shouldn't everyone want to try and date angelina jolie? Ye, i think it's there there's kind of a missing counter narrative to maritocracy, or not counter, but like a kind of a parallel narrative that

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