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       # 2020-01-12 - The World by Matt Haig
       
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       The world is increasingly designed to depress us.  Happiness isn't
       very good for the economy.  If we were happy with what he had, why
       would we need more?  How do you sell anti-ageing moisturiser?  You
       make someone worry about ageing.  How do you get people to vote for a
       political party?  You make them worry about immigration.  How do you
       get them to buy insurance?  By making them worry about everything.
       How do you get them to have plastic surgery?  By highlighting their
       physical flaws.  How do you get them to watch a TV show?  By making
       them worry about missing out.  How do you get them to buy a new
       smartphone?  By making them feel like they are being left behind.
       
       To be calm becomes a kind of revolutionary act.  To be happy with
       your own non-upgraded existence.  To be comfortable with our messy,
       human selves, would not be good for business.
       
       From: Reasons To Stay Alive by Matt Haig
       
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