Why are we worried?

In the modern quest for contentment

Author's Name: Benjamin Story

A journey in which we discover that the search for happiness makes us miserable.
We live in an age of unprecedented prosperity, yet we are beset by signs that our pursuit of happiness has proven unsuccessful. We are dissatisfied, and we seek change for change's sake, even if that change means destroying the foundations of our shared life. In "Why We Anxiety," Benjamin and Gina Story offer a profound and engaging meditation that delves into the roots of this anxiety and examines the ways we heal ourselves. Using insights from Montaigne, Pascal, Rousseau, and Tocqueville, the book asserts that the modern vision of happiness makes human lives so uniform and miserable—and that finding true contentment requires excavating and rethinking our most basic assumptions about happiness.