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Jeremy Schmall

Mar 10, 2022

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In Defense of Joy

Normally, I wouldn’t think that defending joy would be a necessary exercise. But it seems like everywhere I look, whether it’s online or…online, I guess, because that’s where we live now, the most prominent and richly rewarded articles or posts are dark, bitter, and cynical—you know, the opposite of joyful…

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