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| 8155511 | We are a society of notoriously unhappy people: lonely, anxious, depressed, destructive, dependent -- people who are glad when we have killed the time we are trying so hard to save. | consumerism economics-philosophy modern-society philosophy psychology | Erich Fromm | |
| da1e180 | Don't you know there's another bubble as well? An expectations bubble. Bigger houses, private planes, yachts... stupid salaries and bonuses. People come to desire these things and expect them. But the expectations bubble will burst as well, as all bubbles do. | desire economics economics-philosophy expectations money-versus-happiness need-versus-want | Edward Rutherfurd |