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To regard states of distress in general as an objection, as something that must be abolished, is the [supreme idiocy], in a general sense a real disaster in its consequences … almost as stupid as the will to abolish bad weather.

The Consolations of Philosophy

Alain De Botton

These things are not immutable facts about a company, they can and regularly do change. What *cannot* change is its core business model. The raison d'etre for its existence and the mechanism by which it continues its own existence, pays its shareholders and issues bonuses. (6/)

Stephen, Why Are You So...

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But remember the key question: Is this story helpful?

The Happiness Trap

Harris, Russ

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