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colechristensenyesterday at 4:31 PM1 replyview on HN

“There should be a science of discontent. People need hard times and oppression to develop psychic muscles.”

Sometimes I wonder how much INTENTIONAL engineering people's discontent for good or ill happens across the spectrum of human activity. One thing is for sure, people don't talk about it much.

I can think of many examples.


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HPsquaredyesterday at 4:33 PM

Nobody would work if housing and food were super cheap, for instance.

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