The TED Talk about success was very interesting. De Botton brought up many points that I never really thought of when it comes to a topic like this. Something that really stuck out to me with this was the idea of envy, and how he explained it. He talks about how envy is one dominant emotion that rules society. The closer in age people are, the more likely you are to envy them, and when you can't relate to someone, you don't envy them. This whole idea seemed to really make sense to me, and I never really thought about envy being something that rules our society. Even when we are all pretty much equal, we will still all envy someone. De Botton's whole talk can really relate to the idea of tragedy, with the feelings of envy and failure seem to be key elements in tragedies. In several of the tragedies, many characters resort to violence or self-harm due to envy or failure. In Romeo and Juliet, the failure in Juliet's plan to be with Romeo ended with the death of both of them, and ultimately ending in the failure of the both of the families, with many unneeded deaths. This TED Talk really helps open your eyes on such things.
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