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by derekp7 4322 days ago
Next time you go into a discount retail store, take a look at the staff there. Now imagine that is the only job that you could get. How miserable do you think you would be working as a cashier at Walmart? Or a stock chaser at a grocery store? Yes, I making a fallacy of relative privation, but it is true that no matter how good any one person has it, they often feel that they are miserable and want better.
2 comments

I understand where you're coming from, but I'm not convinced that I see this as a bad thing.

The same logic can be applied to those who (like myself) don't think they can ever learn enough. Perhaps I know more than I think I do, or perhaps I don't, but I will always have a deep, insatiable hunger for more knowledge.

The power of Negative Visualization :)