Fake freedom requires the world to conform to your will. Real freedom requires nothing of the world. It is your will.
— Mark Manson, Everything is F*cked: A Book About Hope
Mark Manson’s new book is out. I’ll write more about it on a different occasion. For now I’ll just say, if you’re wondering why depression, anxiety and nihilism are on the rise even though we’re better off financially than at any time in human history, this book might have some useful answers.