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A relation of cruel optimism exists when something you desire is actually an obstacle to your flourishing.
Cruel Optimism
Lauren Berlant
our individual lives are shaped by more than new technologies and the new demands they make of us at our jobs. Unprecedented forms and amounts of debt put economic pressures on families that profoundly shape life histories, disrupting socialization patterns while generating chronic deficits in mental and physical health. Meanwhile, advances in biomedical technology and an increasingly unwieldy health care system put unprecedented decision-making demands on already sick individuals, who must navigate ever-shifting diagnostic categories, treatment options, and the complexity of the insurance industries, not to mention the new and overwhelming universe of medical information on the Internet. Communications technologies enable expansive social networking opportunities that profoundly alter identity formation and decision-making patterns. New computer technologies are fueling expansions in bureaucratic apparatuses and measurement infrastructures, such as standardized tests, tax forms, and Facebook accounts, which are fragmenting our identities and leaving us overwhelmed, self-consciously surveilled, and confused about what is true and who to trust. Simply put, __the construction of a continuous and coherent life-project is more demanding than it has ever been.__
Education in a Time Between Worlds
Zachary Stein
What politicians seek to avoid are any institutional changes that increase the number of people to whom they are beholden.
The Dictator's Handbook
de Mesquita Bueno
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