[Modern high-status ideal] is guilty of effecting a gigantic distortion of priorities, of elevating to the highest level of achievement a process of material accumulation that should instead be only one of many factors determining the direction of our lives... #AlaindeBotton

[Modern high-status ideal] is guilty of effecting a gigantic distortion of priorities, of elevating to the highest level of achievement a process of material accumulation that should instead be only one of many factors determining the direction of our lives... #AlaindeBotton

— English Quotes (@english_quotes) Jun 6, 2023