Without trust, the relationship has begun to feel like a burden, like a threat that must be monitored and questioned rather than enjoyed - Mark Manson

And if we reject nothing (perhaps in fear of being rejected by something ourselves), we essentially have no identity at all.

Technology has solved old economic problems by giving us new psychological problems. The internet has not just open-sourced information, it has also open-sourced insecurity, self-doubt, and shame.

Victimhood chic” is in style on both the right and the left today, among both the rich and the poor. In fact, this may be the first time in human history that every single demographic group has felt unfairly victimized simultaneously. And they’re all riding the highs of the moral indignation that comes along with it.