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The more things are handed to people, the more value will lie in the ability to do difficult things.
Their wordsthe more things get handed to us, the more the edge will lie in going out of our way to do hard things.
Their wordsMy worry is that dependence on tech creeps in slowly enough that we don't notice what we've stopped being able to do.
Our reading
The pendulum has swung so far toward poptimism that it may be difficult to return to valuing depth.
Their wordsWe have swung the pendulum so far toward poptimism, toward the blinkered idea that all art is equal because all humans are equal, toward the ethos that guilty pleasures are simply pleasures, that I'm not sure if we can ever swing it back.
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