Monday, May 6, 2019

Painting with too broad a brush............


................................or as they used to say in the old 12-step group,  be careful of "shoulding all over yourself":

     Our society had become a conspiracy against joy,  It has put too much emphasis on the individuating part of our consciousness—individual reason—and too little emphasis on the bonding parts of our consciousness, the heart and soul.   We've seen a shocking rise of mental illness, suicide, and distrust.  We have become too cognitive when we should be more emotional;  too utilitarian when we should be using a moral lens;  too individualistic when we should be more communal.

-David Brooks, from the Introduction to The Second Mountain:  The Quest for a Moral Life

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