Sublime

We are living, she has come to believe, in a culture where people are not “getting the connections that they need in order to be healthy human beings,” and that is why we can’t put down our smartphones, or bear to log off.

He also believed that good character was his ticket to both productivity and happiness.

by the subjects. In his excellent book The Compassionate Mind, psychologist Paul Gilbert,

Ehrenberg is also interested in tracing our cultural history. Particularly, he’s interested in how modernity’s unfolding has produced distinct forms of mental illness. Ehrenberg wants to show us how these distinct forms tell us something important about modernity itself.

the quality of our lives and the health of our society depends, to a large degree, on how well we treat each other in the minute interactions of daily life.

Henry shifted the pastoral identity from learned, serious professional to your beloved uncle. The point was no longer to show your difference but to show your sameness—living at the very same speed.