so everybody today feels like their
values and the things that they care
about are under attack and what I
actually find most interesting is that
everybody is simultaneously feeling this
at the same time my name is Mark Manson
I am the New York Times bestselling
author of subtle art of not giving up
and I am a world-famous blogger there's
not any one single group that is being
attacked or marginalized especially at
the moment I think what's happening is
just a side effect of the technology of
the internet it's constantly exposing
people to attacks of their beliefs and
values so if you're super religious
you're constantly being exposed to
things that you believe attack your
religion if you are really big in the
civil rights and equality you're
constantly being exposed to things that
feel like they're attacking civil rights
inequality and so the Internet has
created this like very strange
environment where everybody across
demographics across the political
spectrum feels like they're under siege
I think the only thing we really can do
is is simply be aware that there's
nothing special about this moment or
whatever our cause is for like all the
stuff that we're constantly exposed to I
think we just need to be more skeptical
about it just because you see some of
these clickbait these stories that set
you off and get you really upset like it
doesn't mean the whole world is like
that it doesn't mean like everything is
collapsing and caving in I've always
kind of subscribed to the philosophy
that things are never as good as you
think they are and they're also never as
bad as you think they are and so I just
have to remind myself all the time to
basically take everything with a grain
of salt you know even when I see stories
online that that support that like make
me feel good about my own beliefs I try
to stay skeptical about it and and take
it with a grain of salt and and the same
goes for things that you know maybe
pissed me off
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