“The pie of pride is also finite: only 1 percent of people can be in the top 1 percent on any given metric. If human happiness requires being in the top 1 percent, then 99 percent of humans are going to be unhappy, even when the bottom 1 percent has an objectively splendid lifestyle.60 It will be important, then, for our cultures to gradually down-weight pride and envy as central elements of perceived self-worth.”
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