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who knows the real price of individualism?
Health is much more difficult to deal with than disease. Donald Winnicott said that, according to Adam Phillips. I’ve never been able to validate the quote myself. If real, he is of course very right. This is the essence of all psychology. Or at least all the parts that matter. Flip the frame. Managing a disease is much easier than managing good health. Your next action is always much clearer. Less questions. Narrower goal. Every move is meaningful. Such an asymmetry is also part of the basis for Prospect Theory. Kahneman and Tversky observed participants feeling losses more strongly…
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