And I can think of no person or entity I trust less with that inner life than the government.

Yes. Maybe the biggest human error is that we hide being human. From macho politics, illness, fear, loneliness to tears of joy and beauty... Feeling and sharing feelings bring us together. Both Biden and Garland served us well yesterday.

All work and no play means people are deprived of the long, relaxed hours it takes to develop deep, meaningful relationships.

Ok.

This is interesting, but there are corresponding support services, psychologists ... Probably this ministry will unite all the services that work on this problem ... I would call it the Minister of Happiness, Joy, Hope. Loneliness sounds sad ...

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Kinda dark name though. How about minister of happiness instead

Japan is the home of the "hikikomori" phenomenon, which I think is a result of their obsessively success-oriented culture. This is not surprising really.

wow