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So perhaps happiness is synchronising one’s personal delusions of meaning with the prevailing collective delusions. As long as my personal narrative is in line with the narratives of the people around me, I can convince myself that my life is meaningful, and find happiness in that conviction. This is quite a depressing conclusion. Does happiness really depend on self-delusion?
Sapiens
Yuval Noah Harari
It is perhaps ironic that while aid affords the resources to alleviate poverty and promote economic growth, it creates the political incentives to do just the opposite.
The Dictator's Handbook
de Mesquita Bueno
If the demands of building sustainable systems and lifestyles are more complex than the capabilities of those asked to do so, which I argue is the case today on a massive scale, then no matter how much funding we throw at sustainability technologies our efforts will fail. __Building a "smarter planet" through technology and policy is necessary (à la IBM), but smarter people are a basic and primary prerequisite.__
Education in a Time Between Worlds
Zachary Stein
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