You've been so focused on the loss of external things that you failed to account for the ongoing loss of internal things. And unlike money or jobs, time and integrity don't regenerate once spent. Every day you live disingenuously is a day of your life burnt. How many more are you willing to torch? . . .
In health terms, chronic stress is deadly when it wrecks your immune system, heart, and brain. So, keeping the peace externally might be killing you slowly, whereas a short burst of conflict, followed by a freer life, could literally improve your health. Your contract could be cutting years off your life by keeping you under constant stress. Loss aversion made you avoid short-term pain as the cost of long-term well-being. A bad trade.
-Stan Taylor, The Black Book of Power
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