We have begun to think: I will look after myself, and everybody else should look after themselves, as individuals [...] These ideas now run so deep in our culture that we even offer them as feel-good bromides to people who feel down--as if it will lift them up. #JohannHari

- December 19, 2023

We have begun to think: I will look after myself, and everybody else should look after themselves, as individuals [...] These ideas now run so deep in our culture that we even offer them as feel-good bromides to people who feel down--as if it will lift them up. #JohannHari
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We have begun to think: I will look after myself, and everybody else should look after themselves, as individuals [...] These ideas now run so deep in our culture that we even offer them as feel-good bromides to people who feel down--as if it will lift them up. #JohannHari

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