How can we create a cultural legacy of happiness? Let other people matter.

What’s happened is that, almost overnight, we’ve switched from democracy in real-property recording to oligarchy in real-property recording. There was no court case behind this, no statute from Congress or the state legislatures. It was accomplished in a private corporate decision. The banks just did it.

"Life is unfair" "The goalposts will move" and above all: "other people matter"

There is abundant reason to believe that optimism - big, little, and in between - is useful to a person because positive expectations can be self-fulfilling.

If you never venture outside the box, you will probably not be creative. But if you never get inside the box, you will certainly be stupid.

How can we create a cultural legacy of happiness? Let other people matter.