#033 - Carl Cederstrom - What Happens When You Dedicate A Year To Optimising Your Life & The Happiness Fantasy
Modern Wisdom
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The Consequences of the Optimization Movement
I think what's really insidious about it is that someone's position within a hierarchical structure or how their job is regarded by society at large becomes conflated with their value to society. I'd say the most essential things in life are really the outside scope, outside the reach of optimization. As much as we could find useful advice to help us through the day, I think the great danger of optimization culture is that we begin losing sight of those deeper questions of what it means to be human.
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