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OBASEKI | We Should Be Pursuing Political Serenity
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At the end of the day, the goal is to have the serenity to accept the things we cannot change, the courage to change the things we can, and the wisdom to know the difference.
The Cornell Daily Sun (https://cornellsun.com/tag/exhaustion/)
At the end of the day, the goal is to have the serenity to accept the things we cannot change, the courage to change the things we can, and the wisdom to know the difference.
Maybe Jean Baudrillard was right, and the system is accelerating toward implosion. Information in the 21st century is easily dispersed and produced, but at what cost? I’m a long-time politics junkie, binging political information like new episodes of a TV show. But I kept this spring break relatively information-free, and it has done wonders for my stress levels and mental health. Instead of keeping up with hour-by-hour updates, I limited myself to skimming the occasional article and glancing at news notifications.