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“Rousseau introduced the idea of false needs, and showed how the systems we live in work against our growing up: they dazzle us with toys and bewilder us with so many trivial products that we are too busy making silly choices to remember that the adult ones are made by others.”

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Book:Why Grow Up?: Subversive Thoughts for an Infantile Age

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Susan Neiman is an American philosopher known for her research in ethics and the history of philosophy. Her work focuses on moral philosophy, political philosophy, and Jewish philosophy, particularly as it applies to contemporary society. Her writings explore themes such as freedom, responsibility, justice, and moral judgment. more

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