But today’s society is characterized by achievement orientation, and consequently it adores people who are successful and happy and, in particular, it adores the young. It virtually ignores the value of all those who are otherwise, and in so doing blurs the decisive difference between being valuable in the sense of dignity and being valuable in the sense of usefulness. | |
― Viktor E. Frankl | |
From his book: “Man’s Search for Meaning“ | |
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I Think I’ve Been Blurred
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