We are so materially well off, yet so psychologically tormented in so many low-level and shallow ways. People relinquish all responsibility, demanding that society cater to their feelings and sensibilities. People hold on to arbitrary certainties and try to enforce them on others, often violently, in the name of some made-up righteous cause. People, high on a sense of false superiority, fall into inaction and lethargy for fear of trying something worthwhile and failing at it.

Mark Manson The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck: A Counterintuitive Approach to Living a Good Life
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Mark Manson (born 9 March 1984) is an American self-help author, blogger and entrepreneur.

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