ALAIN DE BOTTON - THE SCHOOL OF LIFE: How To Apply Philosophy To Real Life
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Are You Trying to Achieve a Million Dollars in an Evening?
The idea that any one can achieve anything is the spirit of our times. And a lot of these things are now magnified by social media. We've created a life where an ordinary life is materially more comfortable than it's ever been. An ordinary life, you're going to get a good car, you ang to be able to have ath every night. But then we've put a snake in the grass. It's not good enough just to drive an ordinary car and have an ordinary house. No, that's not goodenough. You need to be extraordinary. Become mark zuckenberg. This is a kind of torture that we've imposed on ourselves. I'm using the word loser
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