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A convivial society should be designed to allow all its members the most autonomous action by means of tools least controlled by others. People feel joy, as opposed to mere pleasure, to the extent that their activities are creative; while the growth of tools beyond a certain point increases regimentation, dependence, exploitation, and impotence.
Tools for Conviviality
Ivan Illich
Depression is the sickness of a society that suffers from excessive positivity. It reflects a humanity waging war on itself.
The Burnout Society
Han, Byung-Chul;
Yet its outright suppression in France has not gone well either. Ambassador Rivkin’s assessment is applicable to both societies: America and France are simultaneously becoming weaker, less capable, each undermined by growing internal divisions—the one by overemphasizing them, the other by denying them altogether.
The French Are in a Panic Over Le Wokisme
Thomas Chatterton Williams
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