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Social scientific research indicates that this is the wrong way around. While more space and more attractive surroundings might boost your happiness temporarily, you rapidly get used to them. Strong relationships, however, are closely correlated with lasting satisfaction and well-being. Many of us know this in theory. But being the one in the

You can’t solve a problem with tools provided by the thing causing the problem. You’ll just end up with a nicer version of “bad” that, for a time, will convince you things are improving.

Paternal authority can promise relief from complexity. Tech culture’s desire to eliminate friction maps neatly onto feudal logic, and governance can become similar to a software problem. If the current system is buggy, roll back to an earlier version. Even if it involves going all the way back to the Middle Ages. Inheritance operates quietly