Alain de Botton

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The Resilient Mind · The Hidden Reason You Can't Stop Overthinking - Alain de Botton · 10 Jul 2026 podcast

And therefore, they deserve no pity.

And they just deserve to be called a loser.

Which is why the more meritocratic the system is, the more psychological pressure there is, the more impulse there is to kill yourself if you don't succeed.

I mean, suicide rates skyrocket the more people believe that individual destiny reflects the essence of who you are.

And suicide rates fall when the explanatory factor is thought to lie outside the individual.

Thank you for listening.

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