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Against cheerfulness: the case for honesty

17 mins | May 22, 2019

Social media makes it too easy to pretend we're OK - but it's stunting our emotions. Mariana Alessandri writing in Aeon Magazine looks at why if we want to love better and seek true happiness and friendship, we need to cultivate honesty instead of cheer.