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SCOUT· 31%24m·2019-11-04·ScienceWhy Chasing The Good Life Is Holding Us Back With Lauren Berlant
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For most Americans, the driving force in their personal and public life is a desire to attain the “good life”. But what if our attachment to that desire is the very thing holding us back? Lauren Berlant is a theorist and English professor at the University of Chicago and the author of “Cruel Optimism” a book about…
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