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Despite the current gloom, [...] 78 percent believe that things are going well in their own personal lives.
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"Man, the country's going to shit! We've got to get those Dems out of office to get things back on track. But, you know, other than that, I'm doing pretty well myself...."
It's all about perspective. And myopia. And short-term memory.
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Knowing that death is certain and that the time of death is uncertain, what's the most important thing?
—Bhikkhuni Pema Chödrön
Humankind cannot bear very much reality.
—From "Burnt Norton," Four Quartets (1936), T. S. Eliot
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